| ID | 138940 |
| Title Proper | Politics beyond identity |
| Other Title Information | reconsidering the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Byrne , Michael |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Northern Irish civil rights movement, like other minority or subaltern struggles, has been interpreted in terms of the national minority’s struggle for state recognition. Such frameworks emphasise the importance of identity in political conflict and tend to assume the state as guarantor of the recognition of identity. The difficulty here is that political possibilities that exceed the terms of identity and the state are obscured. Moreover, the interpretation of the Northern Irish conflict in these terms forms part of the consociational approach to conflict resolution which operates as normative underpinning to the post-conflict state. This article provides an alternative interpretation of the political significance of the civil rights movement. Rather than assuming the analytical usefulness and political significance of identity, I seek to trace the tension between identity and disidentification within the movement, drawing attention to the ways in which activists were aware of, and sought to respond to, the dangers of identity politics. |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 22, No.4; Aug 2015: p.468-485 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 2015-08 22, 4 |
| Key Words | Civil rights ; Northern Ireland ; Identity ; Disidentification ; Subaltern Movements ; State Recognition |