6. Identification

When I read the text of Amin Maalouf called ‘Deadly Identities’, I had a time to think about these questions:
What is the meaning of identity? Is there something like that or is it just a product of humanity? Is it something genetically transferred by our genes or something which develops with our experiences, culture, environment..?
I think the identity occurs in time. As Maalouf said identity forms with the beliefs we acquire, our preferences, our sensitivity, our life, our language, our lifestyle,… So with the combination of all of these we can say that a person can have only one identity which composes him.
We also saw in SPS 102 lesson which is about nations and nationalism. There is a group of people who think that there is no nationality, it is just a product of humanity. It is used to make people to feel faithful to somewhere and obey the rules. I think they had a reason. In the past, it was hard to rule the people so this was a good idea to create nationalism.
But it doesn’t exist anymore, especially in these days, the world becomes more and more global. So people started to be in more contact with the others. Therefore, the interaction increased which is very effective to our identity.
Finally, I can say that we cannot only belong to one nation or one group, but we can have only one identity which includes our life…