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ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF CENTRAL EUROPE
ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF CENTRAL EUROPE

Author(s): Tatijana Petrika
Subject(s): Literary Texts, Cultural history, Studies of Literature, History of ideas, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: concept; identity; Mitteleuropa; Central Europe; crisis;

Summary/Abstract: This research focuses on the concept of Central Europe and its intellectuals from different academic backgrounds. The concept of Central Europe is often replaced by several German variants, such as Mitteleuropa, Zwischeneuropa, Zentraleuropa or Ostmitteleuropa. Central Europe, as such, is structured on two different attitudes, one being of a German nature in the modern era, and the other, radically opposite, imagined by the Habsburg dynasty. The Jews of the twentieth century were the main element of Central Europe. When we talk about the identity crises that have taken place in Central Europe, we are referring to the crisis of religious and ethnic identity.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 636-641
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian
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