Faster-than-lifetime social change erodes stable identity forms into situational ones
Evidence
If social changes are now occurring faster than the time horizons of these arrangements permit, it is no coincidence that these patterns of identity are eroding before our eyes and giving way to highly improvisational and reactive forms of “situational” identity and politics. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 32
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Nested social systems change at speeds their internal structures cannot match — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 212; Choice-based identities require a lifetime-scale time horizon to constitute identity — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 32; Identity formation responds to external social pressures rather than pure self-selection — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2510 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Identity formation responds to external social pressures rather than pure self-selection
#expands(0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2510 - Conformism stays adaptive under rapid change though heavy social learning does not
#qualifies(0.75) - Individual identity is stabilized only within collective cultural networks
#corroborates(0.74) - Trust formation requires gradual step-by-step temporal adaptation
#expands(0.73) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 190 - Mixed individuals shift identification within a single social domain.
#exemplifies(0.72) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 79