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Diversity and Difference: Perspectives on Subjectivation Research

Edited by Tina Spies, Edited by Hazal Budak-Kim, Edited by Oktay Aktan, Edited by Elisabeth Tuider

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Diversity characterizes societies of the present. Some fight using the slogans â€œWeâ€™ll come unitedâ€, â€œLeave no one behind,â€ â€œBlack lives matterâ€, and â€œTrans rightsâ€. Others, however, experience diversity as a loss of control, which they counter with defense mechanisms, including an â€œusâ€ versus â€œthemâ€ mindset. Accordingly, demands for inclusion and integration are often interwoven with diffuse fears of â€œnew identitiesâ€ (Hall), for example of refugees and migrants, but also of queer persons and non-heteronormative ways of life. In turn, demarcation struggles and identitarian divisions within social groups can arise from emphasizing difference, and can lead to â€œpositional fundamentalismâ€ (Villa Braslavsky) or so-called social ""trigger points"" (Mau/Lux/Westheuser). The publication takes these points of departure to explore processes of subjectivation, that is, processes of becoming a subject shaped through discourses, power relations, and social practices.The volume includes contributions that offer feminist, post/decolonial, and intersectional perspectives on subjectivation research, alongside critiques of ableism and racism, in order to analyse existing relations of diversity and difference, including the privileges and disadvantages, discriminations, inequalities and racisms embedded in them.