![]() ![]() Therefore, there is nothing too surprising about the fact that even today Graham Greene’s 1958 novel Our Man in Havana continues to be referred to as such that represents an undermined discursive value. After all, it nowadays becomes increasingly clear for more and more people in the West that, since they live only once and since there is no ‘afterlife’ to look forward to, it is specifically ensuring their personal well-being, which represents their foremost priority in life. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is exactly the reason why, even though that as recently as during the course of the fifties, the idea that one should be willing to sacrifice its life for the sake of a ‘nation’ used to be considered fully legitimate, this is no longer being the case. This could not be otherwise, because an ongoing process of Globalization effectively exposes people’s tendency to assess the surrounding reality through the lenses of their national affiliation, as such that substantially impedes their chances of a social advancement. One of the foremost aspects of today’s living is the fact that, as time goes on people in Western countries grow increasingly aware of the sheer out-datedness of the classical concept of nationhood. ![]()
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