EUROPEAN IDENTITY: NEGATION OF NATIONAL IDENTITIES OR THEIR ENRICHMENT

• Authors: Owadowska R.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article poses a question: does an European identity exist, and if it does, what elements constitute this notion. It concentrates on such notions, as national identity and culture. From the very outset the idea of a united European culture was a basis on which economic and political community was supposed to originate. Intensified integration processes within the European Union demanded that such elements as national identity: culture, language, religion be redefined. Despite constant emphasis on cultural aspects of unification, the process of shaping European identity will not depend on proclamations or treatises. The decisive influence on its shape will be exerted by the Europeans themselves. They need to find a plane for shared common values (human rights, democracy, legal state). The author postulates a European identity as resulting from an identification with a number of communities - national and continental. Only identity understood in this way will not neglect a national diversity and will not lead to a collapse of individual national cultures.

Keywords

EN

CULTURE; EUROPEAN UNION; IDENTITY

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Sprawy Narodowościowe
• Year: 2006
• Issue: 28
• Pages: 119-126
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Owadowska R.

• R. Owadowska, Instytut Slawistyki PAN, Zaklad Badan Narodowosciowych, ul. Stary Rynek 78/89, 61-772 Poznan, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01463226