The European identity formation in Ukraine

2017 ◽  
pp. 102-109
Author(s):  
Larysa Kovryk-Tokar
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
European Integration ◽  
European Community ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Political Integration ◽  
European Identity ◽  
European Values

Every nation is quite diverse in terms of his historical destiny, spiritual priorities, and cultural heritage. However, voluntary European integration, which is the final aim of political integration that began in the second half of the twentieth century from Western Europe, provided for an availability of large number of characteristics in common in political cultures of their societies. Therefore, Ukraine needs to find some common determinants that can create inextricable relationship between the European Community and Ukraine. Although Ukrainian culture is an intercultural weave of two East macrocivilizations, according to the author, Ukraine tends to Western-style society with its openness, democracy, tolerance, which constitute the basic values of Europeans. Keywords: Identity, collective identity, European values, European integration

Memorialising Europe

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Jan Margry
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Civil Religion ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
European Identity ◽  
European Values ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Political Unification ◽  
European Form

In the economic and political unification process of Europe, the idea of the creation of a pan-European identity was put high on the political agenda. With the failure of this effort, the emphasis shifted to the apparently less fraught concept of 'shared cultural heritage'. This article analyses how the politically guided rediscovery of Europe's past has contributed to the creation of a 'Religion of Heritage', not only by raising up a political altar for cultural heritage, but also through the revitalisation, instrumentalisation and transformation of the Christian heritage, in order to try to memorialise and affirm a collective European identity based on its Christian past. In the context of this process, the network of European pilgrims' ways appears to have been an especially successful performative form of heritage creation, which has both dynamised Christian roots as a relevant trans-European form of civil religion that has taken shape, capitalising on the new religious and spiritual demands created by secularisation, and responded to the demand for shared - and Christian inspired - European values and meanings in times of uncertainty and crisis.

scholarly journals Les Conditions D’Approfondissement de L’Union Européenne

Federalism-E ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-44
Author(s):  
Jonathan Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
European Community ◽  
Political Integration ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Main Assumption ◽  
The Creation

Since the creation of the first European Community in 1951, countries of Europe have somewhat integrated somewhat their political and economic realms into one supranational entity. It has been observed by some that throughout the integration process, economic factors, rather than political factors, have dominated the integration of Europe. This main assumption is challenged by the author in this article. However, if the alleged predominance of the economy in European integration is proven, further questions regarding the conditions for a authentic political integration of the European Union, more than 50 years after its creation, will be assessed.[...]

scholarly journals Integration processes and identity: a view of the European youth

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-61
Author(s):  
Elena V. Viktorova ◽  
Daria A. Petrenko ◽  
Natalia V. Vlasova
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
National Identities ◽  
European Identity ◽  
Study Materials ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Study Results ◽  
European Values ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
European Youth

The presented article, based on the empirical study materials, examines the concept of European identity and the attitude to the European integration of the young people in a number of the EU countries. The relevance of the study is determined by the lack of a clear definition of the concept of “European identity” in the scientific discourse, as well as the need to assess to what extent the opinion of Europeans, in particular of the younger generation, coincides with the statements of researchers in this field. The objective of this study is to determine how representatives of European youth understand European identity, to highlight its main elements and assess the impact of European integration processes on the formation of European and national identities. Students from European countries were selected as the target group of the study, since their worldview was formed in the context of a united Europe. The research was carried out within the framework of the Erasmus + Jean Monnet Project “Transformation of identities in Europe and Russia in modern conditions” (Project No. 611458-EPP-1-2019-1-RU-EPPJMO-PROJECT). In conducting the research, the in-depth interview was chosen as the main method.he results of the study showed that respondents, whilst identifying themselves as Europeans, still find their national identity more important. Among the elements of European identity, the respondents name, first of all, “European values” (mobility, freedom, democracy), as well as cultural (religion) and behavioral characteristics (love of travel). The study results are preliminary and allow us to identify the most significant trends in the formation of the modern European identity, that will serve as the basis for further research.

L'ereditŕ intellettuale di Alan S. Milward

2013 ◽  
pp. 181-206
Author(s):  
Frances M.B. Lynch ◽  
Fernando Guirao
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Monetary Union ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Implicit Theories ◽  
Historical Change ◽  
Total War ◽  
Asymmetric Shocks ◽  
Economic Boom ◽  
Twentieth Century Europe

Alan S. Milward was a contemporary historian who combined the political historian's method of consulting the written record with the economic historian's use of statistical data and the social scientist's preference for general theory. On the strength of the resulting research methodology he produced a series of original histories of Nineteenth and Twentieth century Europe which tackled the big historical issues of his time: the nature of Nazism; of total war; of economic development in Nineteenth and Twentieth century Europe; and the reasons for the sustained economic boom in western Europe after 1945 and for the origins of European integration. In so far as his conclusions on each separate theme challenged the dominant theories, they stimulated considerable debate. Indeed, his implicit theories of historical change and European integration continue to resonate in the current political and economic crises facing Europe. Unlike neo-classical economists, European federalists and many integration theorists, Milward argued that economic and monetary union would not necessarily lead to a democratic political union in Europe and the end of nation-state. Indeed he predicted in 2000 that if the European Monetary Union was beset by asymmetric shocks, it would weaken progressively until its desired effect had been so reduced as to defeat the Union's original purpose. As we live through such asymmetric shocks, Milward's predictions seem to carry more force than any of teleological theories of European integration.

In/formare gli Europei. Le origini della politica di informazione comunitaria (1951-1972)

2009 ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Daniele Pasquinucci
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
European Community ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Information Policy ◽  
European Identity ◽  
European Citizenship ◽  
Community Information ◽  
Permanent Staff ◽  
Successes And Failures

- This article analyses the evolution of the European Community information policy from the birth of the European Coal and Steel Community established in 1951 to the Seventies. Since the beginning, the EC information policy has aimed at "making the Europeans", namely to foster the development of a European identity among the EEC citizens. This aim was consistent with the europeanist attitude of the EEC officers in charge of the information policy. The article analyses successes and failures of the EC information policy in its early stage. However, an evaluation of this policy must take into account the scarce funds and permanent staff the European Community had available for such activity.Parole chiave: Comunitŕ europee, Politica dell'informazione delle Comunitŕ europee, Identitŕ europea, Cittadinanza europea, Consenso verso l'integrazione europea, Bilancio CEE European Communities, EC Information Policy, European Identity, European Citizenship, Consensus towards European integration, EEC Budget

Characteristics of the political values of the united Europe in the context of Ukraine's European integration aspirations

2017 ◽  
pp. 302-310
Author(s):  
Ivan Osadtsa
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
European Community ◽  
Freedom Of Speech ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The Political ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Values ◽  
European Values ◽  
Ukrainian Society

The analysis of political values of the European Union and source of their origin are analyzed, and the peculiarity of European values to the Ukrainian society is determined. It is concluded that despite the fact that the orientation towards joining the European Union is legally determined and supported by a large part of Ukrainian society, the transformation of all spheres of his life according to the values of the European community is extremely slow. Keywords: European political values, European integration, self-determination, democracy, freedom of speech

scholarly journals El europeísmo español en la época de Franco y su influencia en el proceso de democratización política

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Crespo Maclennan
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
European Community ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Franco Regime ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Los Grupos

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el papel del europeísmo durante el régimen de Franco y ver la forma en qué influye en el proceso de democratización española. A pesar del distanciamiento entre la España de Franco y Europa occidental el europeísmo desempeña un papel curical durante esta época. Para España, la Comunidad Económica Europea es vital para razones económicas, y esto lleva a la cúpula franquista a solicitar la asociación a la CEE. Durante este período fiay otros conceptos de europeísmo desarrollados tanto por los grupos de oposición interior y exterior, para quienes el europeísmo es símbolo de democracia.The aim of this article is to analise the role of europeanism during the Franco regime and its impact on the process of Spanish democratisation. Despite the hostility between Franco's Spain and Western Europe Europeanism played a crucial role in this period. The process of European integration was vital for Spanish economic interests. This fact leads the Franco regime to apply to the European Community in 1962 and exploit europeanist rhetoric. Besides this official Europeanism there is also the Europeanism of both the domestic and the exiled opposition. For these groups europeanism simbolised democracy.

Émile Mâle and Premodern Pleasures

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-82
Author(s):  
Afrodesia McCannon
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
European Identity ◽  
Literature Discussion ◽  
Medieval Art ◽  
Medieval Music ◽  
Art And Literature ◽  
The Middle Ages

Abstract For many European nations, the Middle Ages became the site of their national origins. However, in scholarship of the same era, the period has been subject to infantilizing defamation and dismissal, even by those who claimed to be medievalists. Studies of medieval art and literature, discussion of medieval music, historiography about the period, and so on have assessed the Middle Ages as a time of naïveté, superstition, and violence by individuals who were not fully formed. To this day, the term medieval carries the derogatory connotation of “primitive.” This language is strikingly similar to discourse about colonized and other peoples who were contemporary with the researchers of the period. Focusing on a luminary scholar of the Middle Ages, the art historian Émile Mâle, this essay explores the link between the study of the medieval sense of beauty and the discourse concerning the aesthetics of the art of colonized and indigenous peoples to consider a particular dynamic of European identity formation around the turn of the twentieth century. It argues that the medieval self, pushed away by the teleological model of history, pulled in by nationalism, ruptures and leads to recognition of an unstable European identity.

Prerequisites and Establishment of the Relations between Romania and the European Communities (1960-1970s)

2017 ◽  
pp. 128-134
Author(s):  
Liubov Melnychuk
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
European Integration ◽  
European Community ◽  
Political System ◽  
General System ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
The Imf

The author investigates the preconditions and establishment of the relations between Romania and the European Communities throughout the 60’s and 70’s of the twentieth century. It is argued that despite Romania’s becoming a totalitarian political system, the policy of distancing from the USSR contributed to the formation of a positive image of Romania in the EEC countries and the intensification of relations between the SRR and the countries of the Community. As a result, Romania became the first member of the GATT among the Eastern European states and has access to the financial resources of the IMF and IBRD and has been included in the Community General System of Preferences. Keywords: Romania, European Community, European integration

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