One particular form of a¡ectively charged self-understanding that is
often designated by ``identity'' ^ especially in discussions of race,
religion, ethnicity, nationalism, gender, sexuality, social movements,
and other phenomena conceptualized as involving collective identities
^ deserves separate mention here. This is the emotionally laden sense
of belonging to a distinctive, bounded group, involving both a felt
solidarity or oneness with fellow group members and a felt di¡erence
from or even antipathy to speci¢ed outsiders.