Nov 16 Kuhrt, pp. Nov 30 Kuhrt, pp. But a key element of basic thought is a wish, or at least a willingness, to be a part of a broader group with a distinctive identity, founded in language, religion, citizenship, guild, local society, shared subjugation, or the notion of belonging to a state. In offering a means of identity it is one of the most powerful and alluring sources of mental order. In practice culture is a collective phenomenon.
Creative minds strengthen the bonds of identity by means of myth and symbol, fashioning ideologies.
Barry J. Kemp. Write an essay in which you consider systems that reinforce the sense of identity as a member of a particular group. Select either Egypt or Israel as examples and analyze the strengths and the weaknesses in the way that the systems of cultural identity function. How do these systems deal with changing cultural and historical circumstances.