Ethics of Identity Politics EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER What other term do Brubaker and Cooper use? and why? - answer>>>Self-understanding - sometimes identity does other work, not just verb -self -understanding as 'a sense of oneself' - this helps us to see the self- LOCATION - less static view of identity - possibility of multiple identities and roles What does Lebow think identity is as a concept? - answer>>>An explanation for everything, and nothing What should identity as a concept be used as? what is it usually used as and how is this wrong? - answer>>>used as a variable, but should be treated as a heuristic device, a mode of seeing things, we should take back the word in the Orwellian way ^ Berenskoetter calls it an 'eye opener' What is the fundamental problem with concepts for Lebow? - answer>>>used to advance partisan interests, especially in International relations - USA as hegemon and democratic peace theory - used to advance US self interest by arguing of the superiority of the US and it's so-called liberal democracy What for Lebow is identity? - answer>>>the secular descendent of the soul -What three things are problematic for Lebow about identity? -