Thanks. But I think this debate was meant to be political and constitutional not anything else. It was always about detailing political groups and they do or not do not form. Even if they are clearly based on matters of identity that the groups themselves identify as matters of identity. In India. The examples, and not just yours, Anand, appear pointless.
Has anyone on this list dealt with the consociotional theory? Regards, Nikhil Mehra Advocate, Supreme Court of India Tel: (+91) 9810776904 Res: C-I/10 AIIMS Campus Ansari Nagar New Delhi - 110029. On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Anand Manikutty <[email protected]>wrote: > With a broad enough definition of identity [1], [2] : The United Kingdom, > France, Germany, Spain. > > And the Republic of South Africa, and the erstwhile Republic of Upper Volta > (now Burkina Faso), and the erstwhile Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes > (the general region of the former Yugoslavia), and Sao Tome e Principle. And > many others. > > Basically, every country in the world. Amartya Sen, who is not a leftist > [3], has persuasively argued that identity need not be in just one form and > is, in fact, a matter of choice. People choose their own identities in many > ways. I think you are referring to cultural/national identity, but even > those can be chosen at least to some extent. In fact, people behave in very > similar ways with respect to the other identities that they often possess - > in terms of occupation or profession. > > Anand > > [1] George A. Akerlof & Rachel E. Kranton, 2000. "Economics And Identity," > The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 115(3), pages 715-753, > August. > [2] Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our Time), > New York, W. W. Norton, 2006. > [3] Amartya Sen on Amartya Sen : > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/37 > > ------------------------------ > *From:* ss <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Mon, January 17, 2011 5:56:27 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [silk] Stochastic Terrorism > > On Monday 17 Jan 2011 1:24:25 pm Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: > > Are we the only country with multiple identities? > > > Could you name a few countries with multiple identities for comparison? > Other > tan the USA that is. > shiv > > >
