Examine the concept of identity crisis in relation to different levels of identity, e.g. personal, community, national or global.

As individuals in a complex modern society, we may have many identities, which are rarely unified but which function at different levels  personal, community, national and global.  The occurrence of social, political and economic changes, both globally and locally, leads to these identities feeling threatened and so resulting in identity crises.

Over the last few years, the emergence of clearly reactionary forms of identity politics, based on racism and national exclusion seems to demonstrate how relevant the need still is to situate the problem of identity historically….(short extract)