Identity: from Erik Erikson to Alexandr Zinoviev. A reading perspective
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Institutul de Filologie „Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu” al USM
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Abstract: This article employs a transdisciplinary approach to examine the concept of identity. It presents an overview of the various definitions proposed by philosophers, psychologists, and sociologists. In light of these concepts, our objective is to illustrate how the communist regime in Eastern Europe, through its colonial policies, was able to alter the identity of the initial generations of colonised peoples. Furthermore, the subsequent generations were rendered completely disarticulated due to the absence of historical memory. Consequently, creative individuals were compelled to either adhere to the prescribed Method, to embark on internal exile, or to seek exile in another state, should such an option be available.
Keywords: identity, identification, idem and ipse identity, Homo sovieticus,