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rather its on a shared set of needs or interests. I guess this captures the thought that identity is only important with reference to 'the specific social/political/economic relations that we find ourselves in', because these same relations might mean that a disparate range of people share some of your needs and interests without sharing your 'identity' or even experiences.
Then you're not talking about identity politics at all, are you? Because identity is about sameness. Identity is having a recognisable label that means you're a member of a particular group, a group that you're 'the same' as. You could call the other form of politics a kind of 'affinity' model, baed on sharing needs and interests, or a particular political goal. But that's certainly not about identity. |
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