Original scientific paper

NATIONAL IDENTITY VERSUS EUROPEAN IDENTITY

Jan Such ; University of Poznan, Poznan, Poland

Abstract

The author distinguishes four levels of integration: regional, national, European and global. The identity issue occurs at the national and European levels. National identities are subject to constant change, particularly in Europe, dominated by the processes of integration and globalization. Today, the new identities of European states emerge from “the vertical confrontation” (with the “higher order” identity), and not from the “horizontal relations” with other nations. Culture is essential in the development of a common European identity. The new European identity is not going to isolate Europe from the rest of the world. As a matter of fact, the European integration is but a single step in the direction of the global integration, and European identity a stage in achieving the fourth identity level.

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Hrčak ID:

26850

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/26850

Publication date:

15.2.2001.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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