Open AccessThe challenge of plural identity
Author(s) -
Bojan Jovanović
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
balcanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0801
pISSN - 0350-7653
DOI - 10.2298/balc0536071j
Subject(s) - plural , generality , negativity effect , identity (music) , consciousness , psychology , social psychology , factor (programming language) , computer science , linguistics , aesthetics , philosophy , psychotherapist , neuroscience , programming language
The complexity of collective existence is expressed through an awareness of its real identity, which then entails an appropriate attitude towards its own negativity. Within the hierarchically structured identity, different levels of its generality make it possible to consider them as factors of a plural reality. If negativity is raised to consciousness, then its dark side is dismantled. Thus, instead of being a factor of conflict, negativity becomes an element of complementariness and a factor in the construction of a shared identity at a higher level of generality