Who Is This “We” You Speak of? Grounding Activist Identity in Social Psychology:

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

JonathanHorowitz¹ 

关键词: activism;    social movements;    identity;    collective identity;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2378023117717819

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

What is an activist identity? Prior answers have focused almost exclusively on collective identity, without (a) considering the possibility of role-based identities or (b) grounding collective identities in broader social-psychological theories. The present study investigates activist identity through the lens of role-based and category-based identities and reports two major findings. First, there is a distinct role-based activist identity, one that involves internalizing role responsibilities and the expectations of friends and family. Second, collective identity represents a relationship between a social identity and an injustice frame; it either involves incorporating an injustice frame into a preexisting social identity or using the injustice frame to create a new in-group. The present findings help to illuminate the processes underlying collective identity, indicate that a great deal of role-based activist identity is mistaken for collective identity, and suggest new directions for the study of micro-mobilization and organizational forms and tactics in social movements.

【 授权许可】

CC BY