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