Geographical identity in the context of globalisation

  • Anatoly A. Liahchylin Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Veronika S. Saiganova Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Svetlana V. Vorobyova Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

The essence of geographical identity is revealed. There are three groups of factors that influence the formation of geographical identity in the context of globalisation, in particular, factors of facticity, conventionality and symbolism. The factors of factuality constitute the primary sensory-somatic experience formed at the border of existence and activity. It is shown that existence (action) opens the way to spatiotemporal thinking and to linguistically self-valuable forms of language, revealed as factors of conventionality and symbolism. The factors of conventionality of geographical identity arise from the peculiarities of spatiotemporal thinking. It consolidates the system of conditions – metaphorical similarities and metonymic contiguities as archetypes of geographical location, forming an essential model of being and shaping behavioural strategies. Symbolic factors include allusions to the extra-linguistic analog reality that constitutes the paradigm of geographical identity. The importance of the epistemology of the concept of geographical identity in relation to other concepts is emphasised, which is argued by the need to identify sources of uncertainty in the global world and overcome contradictions associated with centripetal and centrifugal tendencies in geographical space. This epistemology is characteristic of thinking through antinomies, which implies the distribution of attention and oscillation between the indicated tendencies, and the parameterisation of factuality, conventionality and symbolism.

Author Biographies

Anatoly A. Liahchylin, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (philosophy), docent; professor at the department of philosophy of culture, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

Veronika S. Saiganova, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (philosophy), docent; dean of the faculty of philosophy and social sciences

Svetlana V. Vorobyova, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (philosophy), docent; associate professor at the department of philosophy of culture, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

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Published
2024-12-06
Keywords: geographical identity, factuality of geographical identity, conventionality of geographical identity, Symbolism of geographical identity, epistemology of geographical identity, borderland
How to Cite
Liahchylin, A. A., Saiganova, V. S., & Vorobyova, S. V. (2024). Geographical identity in the context of globalisation. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology, 4, 22-30. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/sociology/article/view/6718
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No 4 (2024): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology
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