Living in the movement, nomads have a fluid identity allowing them to adapt to their changing environment. Each new situation reveals a new identity. Interaction with multiple realities requires multiple identities.
The fluid and open
identity of nomads relies on the tribe
to serve as a point of reference . The tribe
is the essence of nomadic existence. Coming back to the tribe
helps nomads to link
the multiple to the one.
Schizophrenia is the fragmentation of the the self into a multiplicity
of identities. To the nomads, this fragmentation
is a strategy for integrating
new milieus.