Collective Identity in the anglophone Social Psychology

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ID3914007
AuthorsAngel Beldarrain, Jordi Morales-I-Gras (0000-0003-4173-3609), Jordi Morales I Gras
Year2015
Volume2015
Issue2
Publication date2015-09-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePapeles del CEIC (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1695-6494 • E-ISSN: 1695-6494
PublisherUPV/EHU Press (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.1387/pceic.14704
OpenAlexW1890681900
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

In the last three decades of the twentieth century two different theories on identity were developed among sociologists (Identity Theory) and social psychologists (Social Identity Theory). Although they developed independently they share similarities such as the claim that between individual behavior and social structure there is a dynamic mediation of a self which is socially constructed. We will describe both theoretical models, as well as some of the social psychologists’ efforts to systematically compare them in the years thereafter, in order to create a unified theory on collective identity out of both explanatory frameworks that have occupied parallel but homonymous universes. Additionally, we will make a journey into the discourse analysis’ fields on identity, and we will explore some of its key features. Although this article is not aimed at discussing a particular hypothetical body, we would like to state that our thesis is clear: greater inter-paradigm communication and commonality of goals will lead to greater comprehension levels of broad identity phenomena

Aesthetics · Collective identity · Comprehension · Epistemology · Identity formation · Mediation · Political science · Self-concept · Social group · Social identity approach · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social and Educational Sciences · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology

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