New social movements and identity

Social movements include a wide range of different manifestations of collective action, including revolutionary and reformist movements, directed at society and the social, aimed at changing the unsatisfactory dynamics of society. Social movements are closely linked to issues such as ideologies, class structure, mass culture and the search for identity. As every social phenomenon is doomed to change, the inner face, forms of action and internal dynamics of social movements have also changed with the changing and transforming society. Changes in the political and social sphere, especially in the 1960s, have given new direction and shape to social movements. From the class structure participating in social movements to the tools and equipment used in the creation of movements, the shape has changed. As society changes, the social sphere is bound to change in parallel. In this study, the structure of social movements, the structures on which social movements depend, new and old social movements, and the place of the identity factor in the context of new and old social movements are discussed.