"Respect to Identities," conceals another exploitative strategy yet to be revealed: Given identities (ethnic, national, religious, age and gender; or those related to class, income) are principally obstacles to individual or communal development. The psychology of inferiority and refuge into past identities constitute a vicious circle. Postmodernist discourse paved the way to an expression of empty signifiers, to self-devaluating identities, turning the diagnosis of discrimination into a program..
"Respect to Identities," conceals another exploitative strategy yet to be revealed: Given identities (ethnic, national, religious, age and gender; or those related to class, income) are principally obstacles to individual or communal development. The psychology of inferiority and refuge into past identities constitute a vicious circle. Postmodernist discourse paved the way to an expression of empty signifiers, to self-devaluating identities, turning the diagnosis of discrimination into a program of discriminating selves. Differences among individuals or communities develop through their creative productivity in a dialectic relationship with their contemporary world. The substance for this creativity is to be sought in the living cultures rather than in the extinct past, whereas the unique conditions of the "Locality" will remain a determinant in any case.
Building Surfer
