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2007 | 43 | 4 | 785-807

Article title

Formování pozitivních identit mezi minulostí a budoucností. Příspěvek k projektu evropské identity

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Content

Title variants

EN
FORMING POSITIVE IDENTITIES BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN IDENTITY PROJECT

Languages of publication

CS

Abstracts

EN
The article draws on the theory of reflexive modernisation (Beck, Giddens) and suggests that the crisis of the welfare state in Europe is triggering a need to strengthen European civil society. Following this idea it is argued that there are pathological elements in the process of the formation of European national identities currently (previously) under way, wherein the constructions of identities are prevailingly negative. It is suggested that Europeans need to maintain and foster feelings of mutuality and belonging in order to protect achieved economic welfare, political liberties, and cultural diversity, and to increase their political and cultural capacity to tackle the challenges of globalisation. First, the author examines the context of identity formation within the process of modernisation, and second, he discusses the arguments put forth in Erik Erikson's well-known theory of identity formation, in order to explore the preconditions, forms, and possibilities of political identity formation within the EU, especially the dynamics between the public sphere and identity-forming processes.

Year

Volume

43

Issue

4

Pages

785-807

Physical description

Document type

ARTICLE

Contributors

author
  • K. B. Müller, Fakulta mezinárodnich vztahu, Vysoká skola ekonomická, nám. W. Churchilla 4, 130 67 Praha 3, Czech Republic

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Publication order reference

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CEJSH db identifier
07CZAAAA03026201

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.cb75b9b6-f18f-32c5-b17c-078f3e2dadca
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