Culture & Society

By Javad Alipoor

According to recently changes in world, old approach to identity is changed and even paradigms changed. In recent decades a discourse return (cultural return) is occurred. Main reason is identity divisions in the world. But many sorts of identity divisions are possible by developing globalization phenomenon. In 20th century, discussions were about class divisions, but today's it is replaced by identity divisions such as ethnicity, extra-ethnicity, religion, sexual, and aging identity. On one hand globalization in cultural, political, and economic levels mean that nation-states was challenging by institutions and process of non-government, and the other hand class structures that established national politics is altered. Then concept of nation-state and class is changed and replaced by cultural concepts.