interior difference

is an essential non-contemporaneousness to self within a cultural identity created by borders that separate and distinguish on the one hand, and link and mix on the other.

a (76) 'a border that is neither completely open nor closed, one that both separates and distinguishes, on the one hand, and links and mixes together, on the other. The consequence of such open boundaries-- open not by the decision of national authorities or the actions of armies but by the long-term aftereffects of colonialism itself-- is that each nation's cultural identity is constituted in part by what Balibar calls 'an interior difference' or 'an essential non-contemporaneousness to self' (82).

interior difference, n.Definitions

interior difference