Aspects of identity construction in the context of globalization
Aspects of identity construction in the context of globalization
Author(s): Silviu CoposescuSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: identity; identity crisis; globalization; social changes
Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on problems of individual and social identity-construction in the context of globalization. The author analyses the concept of identity from an interdisciplinary and modern and postmodern perspectives. As a conclusion the author claims that a new approach strategy of defining and interpreting identity in the epoch of globalization is necessary in order to explain and understand the social changes at local, regional and world levels.
Journal: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series VII: Social Sciences and Law
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 19-24
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English