Listed in: First Year Seminar, as FYSE-126
Amrita Basu (Section 01)
The assertion of group identities, based on language, region, religion, race, gender, sexuality, and class, among other variables, has increasingly animated politics cross-nationally. However, the extent to which identities become politicized varies enormously across time and place. We will explore what it means to describe an identity as political. This exercise entails assessing the conditions under which states, civil societies, and political societies recognize certain identities while ignoring or repressing others. In other words, it entails analyzing the ways in which political processes make and remake identities. What do groups gain and lose from identity-based movements? And what are the broader implications of identity-based movements for democratic politics?
Fall semester. Professor Basu.
Section 01
Tu 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM WEBS 217
Th 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM WEBS 217
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A New Politics of Identity: Political Principles for an Interdependent World | Palgrave Macmillan | Bikhu Parekh | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala | Verso | Rigoberta Menchu | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Shadow Lines | Basic Books | Amitav Ghosh | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| For the Love of Country | Wolters Kluwer Law and Business | Nussbaum, et al | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.