TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE CIVIC IDENTITY OF THE BUKOVINIANS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE 20th – BEGINNING OF 21st CENTURIES
TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE CIVIC IDENTITY OF THE BUKOVINIANS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE 20th – BEGINNING OF 21st CENTURIES

Summary/Abstract: In her research, the author examines the particular traits of the social and political processes from Bukovina (mostly from the northern part) from the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty first century through the terms of the reciprocal relations of these with the processes related to the formation of civic identity of the inhabitants of the region. The article draws attention on the role and significance of the First World War on the formation of the national identity of the Ukrainians in the region, the activation of the national liberation movement from the region. A special attention is given to the Soviet period, where the so-called "Soviet Man" (Homo Sovieticus) concept was formed, who was lacking national patriotism and has lost his national identity. The processes which formed the independent Ukrainian state are analyzed and also the relationship between the democratization of the social and political life and the increase in the level of civic identity. The author also highlights the importance of educational activities in order to develop civic identity.

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