Group identity, rationality, and the state
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6251679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex De Waal (0000-0002-8060-4749, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 279-289 |
| Publication date | 1997-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913819708443457 |
| OpenAlex | W1990641875 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
The rational choice approach to the understanding of group identity and conflict tends to overlook the extent to which groups are mutable, and the element of design by group leaders (especially those wielding state power) in the definition of group identity and the shaping of rationality. The 1994 genocide of the Rwandese Tutsis was the outcome of an extreme case of planning ethnic and ideological engineering. To see such phenomena as instances of “rational self‐interest” stretches that concept beyond its breaking point
Collective identity · Ecological rationality · Economics · Element (criminal law · Epistemology · Genocide · Group (periodic table · Identity (music · Ideology · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Power (physics · Rationality · Sociology · State (computer science · African history and culture analysis · Central European national history · Computer Science · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2020 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |