The individual identical affiliation and its intellectual, social and cultural dimensions

Abstract

The present article endeavors to analyze the concept ‘Identical affiliation’ of
individual and its intellectual, social and cultural dimensions. The research focuses on
the relation between the two conception ‘identity’ and ‘affiliation’ defining the latter’s
signification as well as the mechanisms by which the three types of patriotism are
formed. The article also examines some of the intellectual problems raised by identical
affiliation.
The study relies on conceptual analysis as a logical methodological tool and the
exploration of the implicit meanings under their concept. Throughout this study, we
hypothesis that identity affiliation is a complex process that accurse as a result of the
intersection of group of sub-affiliation that defines individual cultural identity.