How does tradition influence our sense of identity?

Answer 1

Tradition is a complex group of practices that are ordaned by the society in which you live in. You are taught traditions by your family (and society) that uphold the values of your culture. If you break tradition, you may not be specifically shunned from the community, but you will have the reputation or attitude of (for lack of a better word) a "unique" individual. If you follow tradition then you will have the reputation and attitude of a "proper" individual. Labels such as proper and unique are part of your identity whether you like it or not. This is just an example.

Answer 2

If we embrace the tradition of our family, then our identity will be marked by a number of distinctive traits which vary according to the tradition. Our tradition may influence our way of thinking, we might judge or think a specific way about a particular social happening without knowing that our tradition has influenced us. For example Christians might think it is wrong to have sex before marriage, and young Christians might follow that train of though without previously evaluating what it implicates or means. In a way, tradition may make us pre-judge or pre-evaluate (a priori), certain things that go on around us. Of course, tradition gives us something to differentiate us from others. In all societies the forming of groups is vital for maintaing identities, as individual persons and as a whole.

Answer 3

Tradition can be pressure on the fgroup members to conform and all be the same. Itcan be a way for the group to control members. "You are one of us, so you must do like we all do." Some traditions are just nice and make you feel part of the group, like you are not alone, you have alegacy, you belong to those before you, those here now and to those on their way. Within my own culture though I rebelled against some traditions that I thought were oppressive against women. Result: I was asked to conform or leave. At age 18, I left. I think I went through an "identity crisis" for a while. I always felt like an outsider no matter how welcome in other groups until my lasy year when I found others students like me, and we made our own group. We did not have any rules or traditions or strong stereotypes and for the most part, that was fine by me!

Answer 4

I'm not really comfortable with how this question is worded, and the cynic in me isn't really comfortable with you. You didn't give much of a back-story, like how old you are, when you came to your religion, how you practice, and what it means to you. Also, and this might not be the case, I worry about your lack of punctuation, and the very poor grammar. Most Pagans, whether high school dropouts or PhD.'s are very well-read. Well-read people seem to write questions that make sense, and this really doesn't. If you are what you say, fine, but I for one don't believe everything that I read on the Internet and yahoo answers. So although paganism is very important to me, I don't want to share it with you because I don't trust you or your motives.

Answer 5

Tradition forms the basis of norms. If you see that your parents sleep in the same bed, both work, celebrate same holidays, practice the same religion it develops a sense of what one expects of life. The thanksgiving tradition in the usa if pass from parents to children and literally is a cohesive part of being an american. Friday night football in small towns is another.

Answer 6

tradition provides u with a social identity. like where u fit...like religion or ethnic wise. but heaven forbid it shud affect ur personal identity, cos then u are messed up, like peeps who fly into skyscrapers kamakazi style. honestly though a man without tradition is like a tree without roots. u feel lost, i am one of those, because i choose to be. i reject tradition cos i aint no sheep! People like Hitler were leaders cos he had sheep. without the sheep there'd be no mess in the world. The sheep must resist and rise up and be sheep no more! Viva le resistance!

Answer 7

it wont directly influence the identity

it influences the the thinking & lifestyle of person

person makes the identity by how he thinks and lives

tradion indirectly influences the identity
as we know

A=B , B=C . A=C

Answer 8

well tradition is seen a pre concieved idea . you taught what was right and wrong before you could critically analyse it. so for you your traditon is what you base on what is right and wrong and good and bad. its through this that you discover yourself.

Answer 9

Huh...?