1. 2 Culture and Identity in a Postmodern World Michel Foucault's statement that: "The present epoch will perhaps be above all the epoch of space. We are in the epoch of simultaneity; we are in the epoch of juxtaposition" (M. Foucault 1986: 22) heralded a new approach to identity in the contemporary world by suggesting that one's identity is formed not as a result of the cultural and national values and history one has inherited, but rather as a result of the different spaces through which one travels. In other words, one's identity is no longer perceived as an inherited construct but rather...
1. 2 Culture and Identity in a Postmodern World Michel Foucault's statement that: "The present epoch will perhaps be above all the epoch of space. We ...