Globalization & identity politics

Globalization and identity politics are the conflicting entities of the present day international politics. This paper will concentrate upon various aspects of globalization and identity politics. Globalization is not only another word for the growing transnational economy. It is true that it is largely driven by technology and economic interests, but it must be kept in mind that it encompasses a wide range of processes that are not in themselves technological or economic, for example, the human rights discourse that happened in the second half of the 20th century. On one hand we see the getting together of different societies and gradually transforming this world into a global village and, on the other hand, we find identity politics in the form of clash of civilizations, class struggle, fights among different ethnic groups, religions, cultures etc. The paper will extensively discuss about different aspects of identity politics and the role it plays in the global scenario. This paper will also contain some global theories of international importance and their relation with identity politics. The scenario of identity politics in India will also be concentrated upon in the research paper. The researcher believes that identity politics is the definite outcome of globalization and will examine this through various illustrations from the recent past. All the major viewpoints and discussions on this topic will be incorporated and then the researcher would like to draw a logical conclusion from it and will also suggest on how to overcome this longstanding conflict.