Purity is danger
An argument for divisible identities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4087267 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Simons (Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 174-192 |
| Publication date | 2000-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Terrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09546550008427575 |
| OpenAlex | W1994289225 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This article explores two very different, yet related, sets of reasons to help explain the absence of widespread identity‐based communal violence in the United States. First, Americans can afford to treat identity situationally, and only recently have they begun to bump up against the outer limits of who it can be agreed the state should protect. Secondly, the government has proved increasingly vigilant in its response to separatist groups that pledge their primary allegiance to themselves rather than to the state, and who by doing so invite the use of force
Aesthetics · Allegiance · Criminology · Law and economics · Pledge · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Use of force · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions
The radicalism of the American Revolution
The Clash of Civilizations
American Politics
Democratisation and Ethnic Conflict
Networks of Dissolution
Civil religion in America
Networks of Dissolution
The nation-state and violence
The Erosion of American National Interests
The Clash of Civilizations
The Nation-State and Violence
Has Democracy a Future
Millennium Rage
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |