Krisis breekt uit: identiteit, politiek, cultuur

Identity politics, like Krisis, has its origins in the early 1980s. This coincides with Michel Foucault’s rejection of demands or claims of identity as ‘to be left to the police’. In a strange but perhaps inevitable twist of fate, identity politics has later one become affiliated precisely with poli...

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Published in:Krisis (Amsterdam, Netherland : 2000) Netherland : 2000), 2020-12, Vol.40 (1), p.26-35
Main Author: Van Oenen, Gijs
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
culture
emancipation
foucault
identity
politics
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Summary:Identity politics, like Krisis, has its origins in the early 1980s. This coincides with Michel Foucault’s rejection of demands or claims of identity as ‘to be left to the police’. In a strange but perhaps inevitable twist of fate, identity politics has later one become affiliated precisely with policing, leading to political correctness in which identity claims are both mandatory and subject to politically motivated censure. While initially in the service of emancipation, identity has thus become weaponized, which reflects an important shift in political and cultural sensitivities between the 1980s and the 2010s.
ISSN:1875-7103
1875-7103
DOI:10.21827/krisis.40.1.36973