Identity Studies, Vol 1

Identity Studies is a scholarly journal founded in 2009. Its aim is to advance interdisciplinary knowledge about the formation and disintegration of political, cultural and societal identities in contemporary world society, particularly in the Caucasus and Black Sea region. Major disciplines represented in the journal are sociology, political science, cultural studies, philosophy and psychology.

The journal is being published by the Institute for Modernity Studies, Ilia State University, Georgia.

The 1st issue of the journal, published in 2009, consists of articles by Gigi Tevzadze, Sergo Ratiani, Oliver Reisner, George Anchabadze, David Aprasidze, Giga Zedania, Ghia Nodia and David Darchiashvili, dedicated to the questions of the origin of nationalism in Georgia.