Globalization processes and national identity versus sense of safety of person in the literature perspective

Journal Title: Security Dimensions - Year 2014, Vol 11, Issue 11

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to examine the role of national identity in the process of shaping individual identity of a person in modern world. Analyzed was the approach to the category of a place and the role of this category for an individual in contemporary Polish literature, taking into account the political situation that has influenced it. Assumed was that in globalized world, in which people are deprived of roots and sense of safety, they have some difficulties within answering the question of own identity. On the basis of interpretation of attitudes of few characters in the novels, written after 1989 noticed was that identity is a great challenge for people in the new geopolitical situation. The paper also discuss the relation between identity and individual sense of safety and state security, which may influence one another.<br/><br/>

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Patrycja Węglarz

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Patrycja Węglarz (2014). Globalization processes and national identity versus sense of safety of person in the literature perspective. Security Dimensions, 11(11), 182-190. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-376287