Religious (Islamic) Identity and Globalization

Ayoub Baharvandi[2]

Abstract:

By transforming the situation and destroying traditional sources of identity, Globalization has faced process of identity in the current world and also the owners of various identities with a serious challenge. Nowadays, an especial community is not the ultimate determinant factor for the identity of individuals. In the last decade each person is faced with a world which is full of information and constantly false and incoherence identities. This has led to confusion and the creation of "identity crisis". Thus, the fundamental question of this study is: "What is the solution to the crisis of identity caused by globalization?" In response to the main research question, the hypothesis suggested in this research is that referring to religion and identity based on religious and Islamic teachings can be the best answer to the identity crisis. Therefore, every individual and society that identifies its identity on the axis of the religion and defines its distinction with others in a religious identity, will be able to escape the worrying consequences of globalization. Individuals must continuously reproduce their identity in order to escape the consequences of the "identity crisis".

Key words: identity, Making identity, identity crisis, religious identity, globalization.

[1] . کارشناس ارشد علوم‌ سیاسی دانشگاه اصفهان؛ baharvand.ayob@gmail.com.

[2] . Master of Political Science, Isfahan University.     baharvand.ayob@gmail.com.