based on reading Foucault, what came first?

Foucault situates the idea of identity as a construction and function of current culture. As ideas of the body/mind duality have shifted, especially after Englightenment, ideas of identity have formed. When philosophers began locating the mind/soul/thinking center within the body, explanations of variation between people began to form, what we would consider personality. With ideas of modernism soundly rejecting ultimate Truth for truth within situations and cultures, environmental (nature) influences on the person’s character development began to be discussed. Darwin developed his ideas during this period. In literature, authors like Faulkner, Woolf and Hemingway began writing about the inner workings of character’s minds. Focusing on the idea of identity. Postmodernism reacted to modernism’s character development finding identity as a state of being, allowing for multiple identities depending on situation. Postmodernism is largely located Post WWII, and since we’re living the aftermath of postmodernism it’s hard to tell if we’re still postmodern, or if we’ve moved beyond (perhaps beyond labels). The idea here is wrapped up in identity, identity being influenced by current culture, and being postmodern, it varies across situations. This is most obvious with the increased usage of social spaces on the internet where a user can be, can electronically embody whomever they please. So, in a chicken versus egg type question, do we more readily accept the idea of multiple identities across cultural contexts because of the availability of play on the internet (meaning the internet heavily influenced postmodern ideas of identity even in the 1980’s when it was in its military form) or do we simply better understand and can identify identity play based on the space provided within the internet?