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Ascribed identities in the global era: a complex approach

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  • Massimiliano Ruzzeddu

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This study focuses on the process of identity-building, wherein I aim to provide theoretical tools, other than social-psychology (especially symbolic interactionism), to help analyze the said process. Within the epistemic framework of complexity theories, I demonstrate that historical sociology provides sufficient background for understanding contemporary identity phenomena from a macro-sociological perspective. This enables the assessment of how, in the current scenario, identity dynamics can affect global phenomena and how the global social structure can affect identity-building processes worldwide. The notion of ascribed identities is, thus, crucial. In this study, I describe modernisation as a process where the ascribed characteristics (gender, religion, ethnicity) progressively lose their function of rigidly defining a person's identity, on behalf of personal achievements. Within this framework, I describe the current re-strengthening of ascribed identities and assess, through this description, which phase of the modernisation process is nowadays taking place.

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  • Massimiliano Ruzzeddu, 2022. "Ascribed identities in the global era: a complex approach," Contemporary Social Science, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(1), pages 26-37, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsocxx:v:17:y:2022:i:1:p:26-37
    DOI: 10.1080/21582041.2021.1933157
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