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<p>Social work supports people individually in order to counterbalance inequality and also works against inequality on a&#xa0;structural level. These concerns are identical to those of many social movements active in identity politics—such as those in a&#xa0;postmigrant society—that fight against racism and for equitable participation. Despite these obvious links between identity politics and social work, there has been so far no relevant discussion of the term and concept of identity politics in social work. This article attempts to fill this gap and discusses the original anti-essentialist idea of identity politics, taking into account key critiques. Finally, it argues that an emancipatory and reflexive understanding of identity politics should be made productive for social work. A&#xa0;well-founded understanding of identity politics can be helpful in practice and serves, not least, to protect against the widespread, mainly polemical anti-identity politics agitation.</p>

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Identitätspolitik und Soziale Arbeit in einer postmigrantischen Gesellschaft

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    2025年11月25日

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  • Simon Goebel

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Social work supports people individually in order to counterbalance inequality and also works against inequality on a structural level. These concerns are identical to those of many social movements active in identity politics—such as those in a postmigrant society—that fight against racism and for equitable participation. Despite these obvious links between identity politics and social work, there has been so far no relevant discussion of the term and concept of identity politics in social work. This article attempts to fill this gap and discusses the original anti-essentialist idea of identity politics, taking into account key critiques. Finally, it argues that an emancipatory and reflexive understanding of identity politics should be made productive for social work. A well-founded understanding of identity politics can be helpful in practice and serves, not least, to protect against the widespread, mainly polemical anti-identity politics agitation.