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Identity is both personal and social
Our identities are formed not only by what makes us different from other individuals, but also by the ways in which we identify with certain others. For example, you are different from your brother because your personalities and interests are different, but you also identify with each other for being part of the same family and sharing the same nationality. Identity is both individual and collective; both personal and social. In their seminal work on intergroup conflict, Henri Tajfel and…