Sardar (2002) - Changing National Identities

• Sardar completed their studies on changing national identities and how national identity is not important in 2002
• Sardar (2002) suggests that the World is in the middle of a global identity crisis, in which many of the old divides such as East vs. West and Capitalists vs. Communists by which we defined ourselves, have broken down
• Sardar (2002) suggests that Britain losing its empire and feeling very small in a Global World, is unsure about whether it should become more American or European
• Sardar (2002) stated that 'Englishness' was based on historical traditions that are meaningless to the majority of contemporary society, so there is a struggle to find an 'English' Identity
• Sardar (2002) argues that to develop a more confident 'English' Identity, we must embrace diversity but also focus on what makes us the same - our common humanity