Jan 5
5 min read
Social identities and divisions in contemporary Britain
Social identities and divisions have been around since social identity theory, which was brought to the fore of sociological thinking by Tajfel in 1979. McLeod (2019) gives us a summary of Tajfel’s proposition for social identity theory — that social identities are used both as a source of pride for members of the same group and as a way to enhance self-perception by othering and minimalising…
