| Titre | Sous l'identité, le procès d'identification | |
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| Auteur | René Gallissot | |
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Revue | L'Homme et la société |
| Numéro | no 83, 1er trimestre 1987 La mode des identités | |
| Page | 12-27 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Behind identity, the process of identification
Since collective identity is a question of personalisation of a social formation by a process of transfer, it can only be discussed by analogy : national identity thus refers to a transhistoric person. The example of Lorraine demonstrates that identity varies. Identification is a result of interethnic relations ; it is an active and complex process (the case of mixed identities) which is part of belonging to immediate social relations while, at the same time, referring to an imaginary community (identification by collective projection).
Three historical modes of community reference appear to predominate : genealogical identity (an imaginary kinship) ; the matrix of the mystical community and national identity which can be a Utopia or an ideology. At the moment, it is the predominance of national identity which triggers off the discrimination of Foreigners by a series of processes of ethnic identification, from that of the Foreigners whose nationality is recognised, to that of the non-nationals, the immigrants and those who are considered to be of a different species and therefore by definition unassimilable. This differentialism leads to racism. But is there not a risk of national identity being destroyed as a result of excesses and deterioration ? Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/homso_0018-4306_1987_num_83_1_2260 |
