Identity - a treacherous concept

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Result language

čeština

Original language name

Identita - Podivný pojem

Original language description

The aim of this paper is to discuss the concept - or, more properly, the concepts - of cultural identity within the contemporary academic discourse. Trying to clarify what we mean by cultural identity seems both necessary and impossible at a moment likethe present, when the study of various kinds of identities rapidly extends across virtually all fields of the humanities. The current concepts of "identity" and "culture" (frequently understood as inextricably interconnected) stem from 60s and have quickly penetrated social sciences, humanities and also political debates. (1) Using the Czech debate about identity as an example I would like to demonstrate that these debates and these usages of the concepts are both seductive and misleading. I argue thatthe concept of cultural identity is a tool of social and political practice, rather than a concept suitable for theoretical analysis. (2) In the second part I argue that recent debate about cultural identity is only a variation on th

Czech name

Identita - Podivný pojem

Czech description

The aim of this paper is to discuss the concept - or, more properly, the concepts - of cultural identity within the contemporary academic discourse. Trying to clarify what we mean by cultural identity seems both necessary and impossible at a moment likethe present, when the study of various kinds of identities rapidly extends across virtually all fields of the humanities. The current concepts of "identity" and "culture" (frequently understood as inextricably interconnected) stem from 60s and have quickly penetrated social sciences, humanities and also political debates. (1) Using the Czech debate about identity as an example I would like to demonstrate that these debates and these usages of the concepts are both seductive and misleading. I argue thatthe concept of cultural identity is a tool of social and political practice, rather than a concept suitable for theoretical analysis. (2) In the second part I argue that recent debate about cultural identity is only a variation on th

Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2008

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

AntropoWebzin

ISSN

1801-8807

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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