Post-nationalist consciousness is a privilege available mainly in the wealthy West

Evidence

“Globalization in a post-imperial age only permits a post-nationalist consciousness for cosmopolitans who are lucky enough to live in the wealthy west” (Ignatieff 1994). — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 386

Categorization

• XREF: Ignatieff’s observation qualifies the eager embrace of hybridity/creolization as a universal condition — the reader can carry this caveat into Islamophobia readings on who gets to enjoy identity flux.