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Introduction
Terearequestionsthatshouldbeposedagainandagain.WhoamI?Whoare
we?Andwhydoweexist?Althoughaskedrepetitively,theyalwaysseemtoremain
unanswered.Asthephilosophersays:uNotasingleanswer(derrida2002:14).”
However,wewillnotfollowthephilosopheronhisroutewhenheisproclaiming:
uNoanswer.Orperhapsevennotaquestioninfact”(derrida2002:14).Asre-
searchers,wearestillobligedtoundertakeeverypossibleeńorttocomecloserto
thetruth.Terearetruthsthat,althoughforsomesoundbanal,donotstopbeing
truths.Tesetruthswillbediscussedaslongaswe-humanbeings-arehere.Life,
love,hate,everythingin-between,anddeathamongthem.Sinceclassicalantiquity,
peoplehavestruggledwithidentityproblemsintheirsocio-politicaldimensions.
Asresearchers,wemuststillmakeendeavourstoidentifytherelevantquestions
eventhoughtheymightneverbeansweredfully.Weshouldtrytocontributeour
smallpiecesofknowledgetothespaceofsynthesis.Althoughwecannotmake
thepicturecomplete,wecanatleastapproachitasamorecomprehensibleone.
Sociologists,psychologists,anthropologists,politicalscientists,lawtheore-
ticianshavedealtwiththeproblemofidentity(identities)forcenturies.Te
authorsofthisvolumehavealsotriedtofacethem.Ourmodesteńortshould
notbeperceivedasaspectacularsuccess,oritslack,inthecomplexfield.It
shouldbetreatedasjustanotherproposalintheendlessdiscussiononidenti-
ty.Tereareasmanyidentitiesasthenarrativesonthem.Tatiswhy,onthe
onehand,wecanfindhere,uIdentityintheMulticulturalWorld”byMarekS.
SzczepańskiandAnnaŚliz,whichapproachesidentityasamulti-colouredand
multi-dimensionalmosaic,and,ontheotherhand,uRegionalIdentityinthe
PerspectiveofCorporateSocialResponsibility-SociologicalConsiderations”by
MałgorzataSuchackaandGrzegorzGawronwhodiscussidentityasarevivalof
locallifeandrenaissanceoflocalcultures.
InthearticleuIdentityaferdeath,”barbaraLewickadiscussestheproblems
ofsocialmemory,collectiveconsciousness,andsocialidentityinthecontextof
