Martin Luther King Jr. as Identificatory Conglomerate

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ID20209396
AuthorsBruce Worthington (0000-0002-6194-2136, McMaster Divinity College, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume11
Issue2
Pages219-239
Publication date2013-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBlack Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1476-9948 • E-ISSN: 1743-1670
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/1476994813z.0000000004
OpenAlexW2032343942
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

The paradigmatic example of Martin Luther King Jr. typifies the insufficiency of both essentialism and constructivism, with regards to the process of identity formation. King evinces a complex network of emerging relationships where he is both influenced by and influences others within his social location.As a working model of cultural and existential identity, social network theory is an interesting way forward when discussing the movement beyond the paralyzing binary antagonisms of essentialism versus constructivism. Implicit within social network theory is the mutual recognition of change and agency within a complex flux of heterogeneous influences and competing choices. Using the analyses of Julia Kristeva, Patricia Hill Collins, Lewis Baldwin, and others, within the discourse of Black cultural studies, this article seeks to highlight King’s dynamic Black identity within a complex web of cultural interactivity and emerging Black political consciousness

Aesthetics · Consciousness · Epistemology · Essentialism · International relations · Political science · Politics · Shalom · Social group · Social identity theory · Social movement · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Theology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Law · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies

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