The Utopia/Distopia of Identity Today and in the Past Way to mediate between Self and Other
The Utopia/Distopia of Identity Today and in the Past Way to mediate between Self and Other

Summary/Abstract: In the complex process of globalization, the problem of preserving cultural identities has two sides. On the one hand there is the danger of cultural homogenization, which means that the world could end up having only one form of culture, and on the other hand there is a very serious danger of cultural and psychological disintegration, both for individuals and societies. Both risks are correlated. The education in the spirit of intercultural communication represents a major objective of forming individuals in a society dominated by globalization. The intercultural dialogue represents an instrument in enhancing the value of cultural diversity, an instrument that we will have access to only when we find ourselves in the values that make our national identity and we become proud to be part of our nation. If this does not happen, the will to be part of the group disappears together with the will to identify oneself with the culture of origin, and this lack of will destroys the unity within the nation and creates faulty external relations. In other words, it leads to the leveling of diversity. Cultural diversity is a source of creativity on the one hand, but on the other it can also give birth to serious problems in communication. In order to protect cultural diversity the national identities that it is basically made of need to be protected, and in order to give it value the intercultural dialogue needs to be intensified.

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