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Self and Identity

Self and Identity. Self: The total array of meanings and feelings that one associates with my “entire being.” Identity: How we are known to others, usually a very small aspect of one’s “self.” What matters in social life is your Identity. Social Identity. A Social Construction

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Self and Identity

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  1. Self and Identity • Self: The total array of meanings and feelings that one associates with my “entire being.” • Identity: How we are known to others, usually a very small aspect of one’s “self.” • What matters in social life is your Identity.

  2. Social Identity • A Social Construction • Arises from Interaction with others

  3. The X-Files and Social Justice • (Or How to be Excluded…)

  4. Membership--Insiders/Outsiders • Criteria of “inclusion” • Criteria of “exclusion”

  5. Useful Information to Understand Justice and Events • Population and demography • Organization • Group • Identity • Activity and Meaning

  6. Considerations to Understand Justice/Injustice • What is the Standard? • To whom does it apply? • Which criteria are used and by whom? • How are the criteria applied? • Can the standard and criteria be reviewed and changed?

  7. Power and Justice • Ability to define a situation • Maintain that definition for others

  8. Prohibition Joseph Gusfield, Symbolic Crusade Amendments: 18th (1919); 21 (1933)

  9. Target: Immigrant Groups/Catholics • Claims-makers (Adovcates) • W.C.T.U. • Rural/protestant life style and values • Consequences • Alcohol Poison/Alcoholism • Organized Crime

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