Focusing on cultural continuity offers a way to understand identity and meaning that is neither primarily psychological nor dependent on nationalism or peoplehood. A psychologically oriented perspective tends to locate meaning within the individual—our inner lives, personal growth, emotions, and sense of fulfillment; nationalism and peoplehood becomes focused as much on who is excluded as who is included. Cultural continuity shifts our attention toward the relationships, practices and communities that we participate in across time.
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