Who are you? The evolution of subjective and objective identity
In short: Professor Jane Caplan explores how modern identification emerged as a tool for both personal self-knowledge and state regulation. This lecture examines the tension between who we believe ourselves to be and how others categorize us.
The lecture distinguishes between two core dimensions of identity: subjective (who we are to ourselves) and objective (how we are identified by others). By analyzing the history of modern ID, Caplan investigates how these concepts have been regulated through various documents.
This research is grounded in the work of a leading historian of Nazi Germany and identity documentation. The lecture provides context on how state practices developed to police individual identities, drawing from a historical scope that includes identity documentation since 1500.
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