Tag: bonding
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The Political Identity Paradox (Beautiful Trouble – Essay 7)
This is an adapted version of an earlier, longer article by the same title, which was part of series on evolutionary logics of collective action. Any serious social movement needs a correspondingly serious group identity that encourages a core of members to contribute an exceptional level of commitment, sacrifice and heroics over the course of…
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Bonding & Bridging | Populism & Hegemony pt.3
This is the third post in a series. Strong group identity is something of a double-edged sword for social justice movements. On the one hand—as discussed in part one of this series—it is absolutely essential. There can be no serious social movement—the kind that challenges the powerful and privileged—without a correspondingly serious group identity that…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 