@article{article_509667, title={Reframing the Concepts of Identity and Difference Through the Lens of Dialogical Transversal Politics}, journal={OPUS International Journal of Society Researches}, volume={10}, pages={1762–1785}, year={2019}, DOI={10.26466/opus.509667}, author={Dinçer, Pelin}, keywords={Identity,identity politics,transversal politics,dialogical politics}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:’Palatino Linotype’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">In this study, it is argued that identity politics produces a
misrecognition of differences. Even though identity politics purports to
support diversity, it actually tends to incarcerate groups within simplified
categories and reified identities, while assuming an illusionary homogeneity
within groups. Therefore, it has the tendency to ignore intra-group differences
and contributes to the perpetuation of existing stereotypes related to the
groups, which minimise the potential for interaction among those with different
identities. This paper aims to present a political and conceptual tool,
transversal politics, in which the emphasis is on the “message”, not the “messenger”,
as a form of dialogical politics and an alternative to the limitations of
identity politics. Transversal politics emphasises that it is not the identity
of the messenger that is important, but the message and the communication.
Establishing transversal dialogue among groups requires respecting groups’
multiple positionings and it allows us to examine those entangled issues individually
and collectively, which transcends one of the central drawbacks of both
identity politics and universalist ideologies. With a focus on dialogical
transversal politics, this study provides an alternative approach to understand
differences to some degree. </span> </i> </p> <p> <i> </i> </p> <i> </i>}, number={17}, publisher={İdeal Kent Yayınları}