Stories, Identities, and Political Change
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780742518827
Subjects: Nationalism; Social theory; Storytelling; Social change; Political participation; Political Science; Sociology; Sociology - Social Theory; Politics/International Relations; Social conflict; Folklore & Mythology - Storytelling; History & Theory - General; Political Science / History & Theory; Public Policy - Social Policy; Social movements
Description: Charles Tilly's newest book tackles fundamental questions about the nature of personal, political, and national identities and their linkage to big events-- revolutions, social movements, democratization, and other processes of political and social change. In this book, Tilly focuses on the role of stories as a means of creating personal identity and also as explanations-- true or false-- of political tensions and realities. He uses well-known examples from around the world-- the Zapatista rebellion, Hindu-Muslim conflicts, and other examples in which nationalism and other forms of group identity are politically pivotal.