INTRODUCTION

IDENTITY

(i) PERFORMING ROLES

(ii)PERFORMATIVITY

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF HISTORY

THE PRE-MODERN

(i) MEDIAEVAL THOUGHT

(ii)BAROQUE CULTURE

THE MODERN

(i) THE AGE OF MAN

(ii)INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

THE POST-MODERN

(i) POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

(ii)THE SOCIETY OF SPECTACLE

CONCLUSION