الهوية عند إدوارد سعيد من النقاء إلى الهجنة

Abstract EN

It has been believed that identity with its steadfastness character refuses to change and transform, so that the minds of human beings are entrenched in the idea that the identity they enjoy is pure, and thus it must be preserved.

however, postcolonial studies have proved that pure identity has never existed since the emergence of human gatherings.

rather, a hybrid identity has been the result of the mixing and friction that various cultures have encountered throughout history.

Edward Said is among the philosophers of hybridity.

he stresses that all identities with their cultures are influenced by each other and this feature existed in ancient civilizations.

with the emergence of political ideologies that stand on divergence and promotion of the idea of pure identity, which is based on language, religion, and race, to suppress the other from the point of view of ideological differences.

however, the pure identity is in fact a purely political production that is invented in order to realize imperial interests and goals in the first place.

in spite of the various attempts to preserve the idea of pure identity, hybridity has begun to emerge in contemporary societies and has become a tool for coexistence between individuals and peoples.