Identity in the European Union

  • Aleksandr V. Dyatlov Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don vdyatlov@yandex.ru
  • Aleksandr V. Popov Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don avpopov11@gmail.com
  • Petr V. Sazhin Kuban State University, Krasnodar petr.sazhin@gmail.com
How to Cite
Dyatlov A.V., Popov A.V., Sazhin P.V. Identity in the European Union. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2016. Vol. 22. No. 6. P. 170-177. (in Russ.).

Abstract

The article discusses the transition from national to European identity within the European Union. Based on the works of the classics of European thought, such as B. Anderson, J. Habermas and other, the analyses of approaches to the definition of national and European identities is made. The basic functions of identity are described, the authors attempt to identify the main markers of identity that are favourable to the substitution of national identity by European among the citizens of the EU and contributed to its spread.
Keywords:
national identity, European identity, regional identity, factors of identity, the European Union, nation, federalism

Author Biographies

Aleksandr V. Dyatlov, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don
Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor
Aleksandr V. Popov, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don
Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor
Petr V. Sazhin, Kuban State University, Krasnodar
Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor 

References

Anderson B. Voobrazhaemye soobshchestva. Razmyshleniya ob istokakh i rasprostranenii natsionalizma. M., 2001. 333 p.



Smit E. Natsionalnaya identichnost. M., 1994.



Khabermas Yu. Postnatsionalnaya konstellyatsiya i budushchee demokratii (1998) // Khabermas Yu. Politicheskie raboty. M., 2005. 151 p.



Haas E.B. The Uniting of Europe. Stanford, 1958.



Hall S. Minimal selves // The real me. VSA Document 6. L., 1987.



Hobsbawm E., Gellner E. Nations and nationalism since 1780. Cambridge, 1990.
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Dyatlov, A. V., Popov, A. V., & Sazhin, P. V. (2016). Identity in the European Union. Humanities of the South of Russia, 22(6), 170-177. Retrieved from https://www.jour.fnisc.ru/index.php/hsr/article/view/4786
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CULTURE AND GLOBALIZATION