Foundations of Identity

Human being as a social creature is always interacting with his “place” of living. In fact, “place” is part of the earth which has a variety of connections, communication networks, or social processes acting at three main local, national, and global geographic scales. Although in humanities, identity is considered as a social phenomenon, in geography, it is the results of interactions between “human” and his living “place”. It requires “geographic explanation” of foundations or factors affecting the identity. If “geographic explanation” is considered as the explanation and interpretation of the “why” or “how” of the emergence of a geographic phenomenon or event and its outcomes, this study intends to geographically explain the foundations of identity at local, national, and global scales. It intends to find answer to the key question that “why” and “how” “geography” affects the “identity” formation at various “geographic scales”, employing analytical - descriptive method.