Vol. 1 No. 2 (2023)
Articles

Identity Politics and Natural Law

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Bernadett Buda
Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Folia Humanistica et Socialia 1(2) 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69705/FHS.2023.1.2.10

Published 31-12-2023 — Updated on 11-06-2024

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Abstract

In my study, I would like to offer a possible critique of identity politics, based on aspects from natural law. First, I define what identity politics exactly means, its relation to ideologies and characteris­tics. Then I present the relationship between a specific ideology appearing in the form of identity politics, the new-right, and religion, and criticize it from the perspective of natural law, and finally I argue that - mainly in today's increasingly divided societies - there is a need for universal values standing above particular ideologies.

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