TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of Theoretical Approaches Related to Collective Identity AU - Malekshahi, Malek JO - The Social Sciences VL - 11 IS - 6 SP - 985 EP - 990 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2016.985.990 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.985.990 KW - Identity KW -social identity KW -social identity attitudes KW -collective sociological KW -dimensions AB - By referring to oxford dictionary, it can be found that the word identity is rooted in Latin identitas (meaning similarity) and implies two main meanings. Its first meaning indicates absolute similarity. Its second meaning means distinctiveness. Considering rapid and wide spread changes in the global world, raising question and discussions about identity and its different dimensions, the identity future of societies in its different dimensions and their problems is one of the necessary needs. Therefore, in this study, we studied identity and particularly sociological approaches of identity. In this regard, we mentioned views of some sociologists about identity and studied attitudes of social identity. ER -