Muslim Youth in Canada?: Collective Identities, Attitudes of “Otherment” and Canadian Muslim Perspectives on Radicalism

By the time of his death in 1827, the image of Beethoven as we recognise him today was firmly fixed in the minds of his contemporaries, and the career of Liszt was beginning to flower into that of the virtuosic performer he would be recognised as by the end of the 1830s. By analysing the seminal artwork Liszt at the Piano of 1840 by Josef Danhauser, we can see how a seemingly unremarkable head-and-shoulders bust of Beethoven in fact holds the key to unlocking the layers of commentary on both Liszt and Beethoven beneath the surface of the image. Taking the analysis by Alessandra Comini as a starting point, this paper will look deeper into the subtle connections discernible between the protagonists of the picture. These reveal how the collective identities of the artist and his painted assembly contribute directly to Beethoven’s already iconic status within music history around 1840 and reflect the reception of Liszt at this time. Set against the background of Romanticism predominant in the social and cultural contexts of the mid 1800s, it becomes apparent that it is no longer enough to look at a picture of a composer or performer in isolation to understand its impact on the construction of an overall identity. Each image must be viewed in relation to those that preceded and came after it to gain the maximum benefit from what it can tell us.

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MULTIDIMENSIONAL MANAGEMENT CONTEMPORARY: GENERATION OF SOCIAL MEANINGS FOR A NEW COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES

UKRAINIAN ASSEMBLY OF DOCTORS OF SCIENCES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ◽

10.31618/vadnd.v1i14.118 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (14) ◽

pp. 264-273

Author(s):

Inna Andriivna Semenets-Orlova ◽

Yaroslava Yaroslavivna Kyselova

Keyword(s):

Social Activity ◽

Professional Activity ◽

Collective Identities ◽

Dominant Type ◽

Civil Responsibility ◽

European Area ◽

Social Meanings ◽

Characteristic Features ◽

Decentralization Reform ◽

The Individual

The article is devoted to the analysis of the process of generating social meanings on the area of European civilization. Authors assign a separate place to the research of the tendency of increasing social activity in local communities, which accompanies decentralization processes in modern Ukraine. The article analyzes the characteristic features of non-tribes, based on the M. Maffesoli’s concept of “neo-tribalism”, and traces the tendency of reactualization a partly transformed communal way of life of modern tribes. The authors investigate the retrieval of the request for a valuable education in society. It is emphasized on the growing tendency of the filling of the meaning of the professional activity of public administrators, according to the significant request of providing public interests and collective goals by citizens. The authors singled out a new role of public administration — providing public education. In the context of this problem, the authors substantiate the critical need for a successful completion of the authority decentralization reform in Ukraine. Proceeding from the process of neo-tribalism that covers modern Europe, the authors predict the emergence of a new collective identities on the European area. The authors point to a characteristic tendency: Ukrainians are deeply embedded in solving internal problems of society, which manifests in the correction of gaps in cultural and educational policies of past years, self-organization (through volunteer and volunteer movements), civil responsibility for the welfare of their communities, and participation in the management of local affairs. According to the authors, this tendency influences the dominant type of future sociality (it is not the individual “Me”, but “Me as a part of community”).

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Border Politics. Social Movements, Collective Identities, and Globalisation. Edited by Nancy A. Naples and Jennifer Bickham Fernandez

Journal of Refugee Studies ◽

10.1093/jrs/fex006 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 141-143

Author(s):

Paolo Novak

Keyword(s):

Social Movements ◽

Collective Identities ◽

Border Politics

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Maritime Disasters and Collective Identities: Surviving Shipwreck in Early Modern Portugal

Hispania ◽

10.1353/hpn.2020.0114 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 103 (4) ◽

pp. 545-555

Author(s):

Estela Vieira

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Collective Identities

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Collective Identity Supporting Sustainability Transformations in Ecovillage Communities

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13158148 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (15) ◽

pp. 8148

Author(s):

Ciska Ulug ◽

Lummina Horlings ◽

Elen-Maarja Trell

Keyword(s):

Interpersonal Relationships ◽

Collective Identity ◽

The United States ◽

Community Life ◽

Collective Identities ◽

Ethnographic Data ◽

Mainstream Society ◽

Sustainability Principles ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Scholarly Attention

Ecovillages are collective projects that attempt to integrate sustainability principles into daily community life, while also striving to be demonstration projects for mainstream society. As spaces of experimentation, they can provide valuable insights into sustainability transformations. Through shared values and interpersonal connections, ecovillages possess collective identities, which provide a platform for enacting their ideals. However, many ecovillage residents question how to best enhance their role as models, resource centers, and pieces of a greater movement toward sustainability transformations, while simultaneously preserving their unique community and identity. In relation to the above, this paper addresses the questions: What can collective identity in ecovillage communities teach us about the objective and subjective dimensions of sustainability transformations? Furthermore, how can the perspective of collective identity highlight challenges for ecovillages for initiating sustainability transformations? Sustainability transformations encompass objective (behaviors) and subjective (values) dimensions; however, the interactions between these spheres deserve more scholarly attention. Using ethnographic data and in-depth interviews from three ecovillages in the United States, this paper reveals the value in collective identity for underscoring belonging and interpersonal relationships in sustainability transformations. Furthermore, the collective identity perspective exposes paradoxes and frictions between ecovillages and the societal structures and systems they are embedded within.

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