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| “Every human being needs a sense of stable identity to operate in this world. Questions like — Who am I? How am I different from others? How do others understand and comprehend me? What goals and aspirations should I have? – constantly crop up in our life right from childhood. We are able to answer many of these questions because of the way in which we are socialised, or taught how to live in society by our immediate families and our community in various senses.” |
During a communal conflict, communities construct matching but opposite mirror images of each other. Explain this statement.
“Every human being needs a sense of stable identity to operate in this world. Questions like Who am I? How am I different from others? How do others understand and comprehend me? What goals and aspirations should I have? constantly crop up in our life right from childhood.”
How are these questions answered?
Solution 1
Each side in the conflict thinks of the other side as a hated enemy, and there is a tendency to exaggerate the virtues of one’s own side as well as the vices of the other side. Thus, when two nations are at war, patriots in each nation see the other as the enemy aggressor. Each side believes that God and truth are on their side.
Solution 2
- We are able to answer many of these questions because of the way in which we are socialised.
- The socialisation process involves a continuous dialogue, negotiation, and even struggle against significant others like our parents, family, kin group, and our community. Our community provides us with the language (our mother tongue) and the cultural values through which we comprehend the world. It also anchors our self-identity.
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