Moderná slovenská národná identita a postoje Slovákov voči Európe
Modern National Identity of Slovaks and Their Attitude Towards Europe

Summary/Abstract: Modern National Identity of Slovaks and Their Attitude Towards Europe. Interest in the issues of nation, ethnic communities and national self determination in last years is not motivated only by negative manifestations of ethnic hatred or extreme nationalism in Europe so as in other parts of the world. At present it seems that further development in the treatment of issues related to the nation, ethnogenesis of nations, differentiation from the other forms of collective, group existence occurred in connection with the revitalised necessity to define or re-define national identity under the pressure of currently ongoing processes between Scilla of transnational integration and Charibda of national identities. The paper analyses the process of forming the modern national identity of Slovaks which started in the beginning of the last century and emphasizes the fact of one its constitutive elements- the relation to the ”others”. The authors pose many primary sources so as historical milestones which have played decisive role for national identity of Slovaks. The attitude towards the Europe is illustrated on the results from several representative surveys carried out in last years in Slovakia and compared with the situation in the neighbouring countries. Sociológia 2000 Vol. 32 (No. 3: 289-310)

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