sábado, 13 de julio de 2019

Hazards of Identity | The Indian Express

Hazards of Identity | The Indian Express



Hazards of Identity

Modern societies are rejecting globalism for exclusionary categories



Globalisation, 21st century, world's powerful states, immigration, liberal inclusion, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Muslim minorities, indian express column
Anthropologist Akbar Ahmed has found the rise of identity politics in Europe interesting enough for him to undertake a journey to Europe to experimentally see if his earlier theses on the subject jibe with what is happening now. (Illustration: CR Sasi Kumar/File)


The 21st century has hardly begun and the great promise of globalisation and “liberal inclusion” of the last century is fading. The world’s powerful states, heretofore wedded to internationalism, are turning inward and seeking their primeval identities. Nations are seeking identities away from multiculturalism and wish to protect themselves by banning immigration. Borders are being closed, and those who had crossed them decades earlier as welcome guests are being treated with intolerance

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