New Criteria for Self-Identification
New Criteria for Self-Identification
Author(s): Andrius KonickisSubject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Keywords: historical memory; nationality; religious confession; self-identification.
Summary/Abstract: At a very close examination, traditional self-identification by the nationality or the religious confession appears deprived from the common sense and even seems to be a kind of mauvais ton. Here a question arises: are the nationality and the religion the essential properties of a man or a woman? The most serious charges are following: national and religious conflicts are the reason of the greatest sufferings of mankind. If it is really necessary to rank a person with any class or category (but only if it is), historical memory can prompt more essential criteria.
Journal: LIMES: Cultural Regionalistics
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 91-98
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English