Issues of Identity Metamorphoses in Transitional Epochs Social Changes and Mental Evolution.
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Modern mankind is today experiencing one of the largest transitional periods in history: from local civilizations to global planetary space. The ongoing, ambiguous processes of blurring economic, political and cultural lines bring the problem of collective and individual identity to the forefront of humanities research.What metamorphoses does identity undergo in transitional periods of the past? How are socio-political processes linked with the evolution of mentality? These issues resolved within a wide chronological framework here, highlighting geographical boundaries. The book shows how one.
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Group identity. Identity (Psychology) Social change--History. Social change--Psychological aspects. Social evolution.