The Structure or Order of our societies and their power relationships define our human experience. Our common struggle in this Order is to seek freedom from exploitation, a sense of place, status and dignity. This is our common human goal. In some contexts these struggles lead us to seek to deny equal power and dignity to others.

The process through which our struggle for power and dignity in human relationships is made real to ourselves and others. Identity facilitates our defining and expressions of a variety of different versions of ourselves that are often contradictory. It is natural for people to have many configurations of themselves that they employ in different contexts to suit particular ends.

The matrix of ideas, concepts and images that provides the material that fuels the Identity process. Despite sharing cultural backgrounds, individuals differ widely in their choice of which cultural concepts they use to build discourses and positions that express Identity.

The idea that we can engage with the world of human Organization, Identity and Culture to positively affect human society.  By understanding how certain configurations of organization, identity and culture give way to divisive, destructive and violent behavior, and, conversely, cohesive and positively reinforcing and fostering behavior, we can act intelligently to counter identity-based divisions and promote peace, cohesion, inclusion and growth.