Az európai identitás elméleti alapjai
The Theoretical Basis of European Identity

Summary/Abstract: The three chapters of the study focus on three basic theoretical questions of this topic: The notion of European identity – based on the debate about the cultural vs. political interpretation – is defined as a political identity, related to Europe as an institutional community. It does not mean the elimination of cultural- and national dimensions or the acceptance of the deconstructional paradigm of the „national”. The relation between European and national identity is based on the discussion of Max Heller’s triple classification which includes the model of the conflict-, neutral- and complementary relation. After the critical analysis of the first two theses, we take sides with the complementary relation, which means a functional-genetic exchange relationship between the two theses and it is also in correlation with multi-or polyidentity. Analysing the temporal dimensions of European identity, its beginning is dated to the period between the two World Wars. Its present is characterized by a certain multilateral limitation. Its future development will be construed as following the characteristics and generating effects of the so-called „Eurooptimist” paradigm. As regards the conditions of this development, the emphasis is on European (political) architecture, identity politics and national development, that provides the basis for „national” transformation.

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