The review by Elisabeth Teixeira discusses Stuart Hall's book "Identity in Postmodernity," which is highly relevant to the field of health and nursing. The book explores the decline of traditional identities and the emergence of new, fragmented identities in postmodern society. Hall, a professor at the Open University and a founder of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, structures the book into six parts. The first part examines different conceptions of identity, from the individualist Enlightenment subject to the interactionist sociological subject and the postmodern subject. The second part introduces the concept of "descentration of the subject," highlighting the death of the Cartesian subject and the contributions of thinkers like Marx, Saussure, and Foucault. The third part questions the impact of globalization on national cultural identities, suggesting that nations are "imagined communities" perpetuated by memory and desire. Hall argues that national cultures are deeply divided and unified through different forms of cultural power. The fourth part delves into globalization's effects on cultural identities, noting its role in disintegrating, reinforcing resistance, and mutating identities into hybrid forms. The fifth part discusses the dialectic between global and local identities, where globalization challenges fixed national identities, leading to a more pluralistic and political understanding of identity. The final part analyzes the desecentration of the West, showing that globalization produces more varied and contradictory outcomes than its proponents or opponents suggest. Overall, the book is a significant contribution to the debate on cultural identities in postmodern society, offering insights that are highly relevant to cultural studies in health and nursing.The review by Elisabeth Teixeira discusses Stuart Hall's book "Identity in Postmodernity," which is highly relevant to the field of health and nursing. The book explores the decline of traditional identities and the emergence of new, fragmented identities in postmodern society. Hall, a professor at the Open University and a founder of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, structures the book into six parts. The first part examines different conceptions of identity, from the individualist Enlightenment subject to the interactionist sociological subject and the postmodern subject. The second part introduces the concept of "descentration of the subject," highlighting the death of the Cartesian subject and the contributions of thinkers like Marx, Saussure, and Foucault. The third part questions the impact of globalization on national cultural identities, suggesting that nations are "imagined communities" perpetuated by memory and desire. Hall argues that national cultures are deeply divided and unified through different forms of cultural power. The fourth part delves into globalization's effects on cultural identities, noting its role in disintegrating, reinforcing resistance, and mutating identities into hybrid forms. The fifth part discusses the dialectic between global and local identities, where globalization challenges fixed national identities, leading to a more pluralistic and political understanding of identity. The final part analyzes the desecentration of the West, showing that globalization produces more varied and contradictory outcomes than its proponents or opponents suggest. Overall, the book is a significant contribution to the debate on cultural identities in postmodern society, offering insights that are highly relevant to cultural studies in health and nursing.