RUDN Journal of PhilosophyRUDN Journal of Philosophy2313-23022408-8900Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)11690Research ArticleDifferentiation and identification as basic operation for constituting of the unity of the worldKuznetsovV UDepartment of Ontology and Theory of Knowledge Faculty of Philosophyvassilik@yandex.ruLomonosov Moscow State University150120161273412092016Copyright © 2016, Kuznetsov V.U.2016Both classical and postclassical philosophy (up to Derrida and Deleuze) are more or less dominated by opposition of identity and difference (presumably existing on themselves). The article proposes to substitute this opposition with a concept of inseparable chain of procedures of identification and differentiation which can produce identities and differences.unityworldunity of the worlddifferencedifferentiationidentityidentificationpostclassical philosophyединствомирединство мираразличиеразличениетождествоотождествлениепостклассическая философия