Identities: approach to youth identity

Abstract

The issue of identities becomes recurrent in this new century. We find ourselves in a constant confrontation
between equity, social justice and the tendencies to globalize a world dominated by transnational capital. Faced with this dilemma, identities burst into the social context as a powerful weapon in defense of the historical and cultural traditions of the various communities. This topic has been the epicenter of evaluations of those who have tried to argue the differences, specificities and cultural similarities in the development of peoples, as well as the formation of their qualities and the way of expressing them. However, like any intra- and inter-subjective process, the formation of the identity characteristics of an individual, group or collectivity is continuous, nuanced by moments of rupture, which force the resizing of meanings and allow their permanent evolution. This article analyzes the different theoretical perspectives and positions, referring to the issue of identity construction and especially youth identity.