Abstract: Identity, with the core of cultural identity, refers to a reflexive understanding about who I am and where I stand. From this perspective, the theory of identity is an important guidance to the study of world regionalization. The process of world regionalization did not begin at modern times. With the step to civilization, the horizontal development course of history went beyond the boundary of states, regional world taking shape. The progress of regional world has been unfolded around a dominant state, but it’s a great step to the whole world history.
Key words: theory of identity; study of world regionalization; regional world; world history
[Jilin University Journal Social Sciences Edition, 2004(3)]