NATIONAL IDENTITY, NOURISHED FROM THE ROOTS OF HISTORY
NATIONAL IDENTITY, NOURISHED FROM THE ROOTS OF HISTORY

Summary/Abstract: Perhaps the most concrete perspective of national identity is the historical one, because this perspective departs from real events spent in the past to bring their echo to date. For the formation of the Romanian nation and the Romanian State the reference moments are marked by large-scale national speeches, that make the transfer of the identity concepts from the elite to the masses. To capture the way in which the national feeling in Romania was propagated vertically (from intellectuals to peasants), the way in which he transformed from ethnic identity into national identity, is the quintessential way in which the national identity was born. Strengthening a relationship with the past, gradually led to the genesis of Romanian ethnic consciousness, which materialized in the unification programs of the Romanian nation. The analysis of messages transmitted by the elite in the past, who had succeeded to anime the entire Romanian population and led to the unification of all Romanian historical provinces, is important because this is the way we can have the image for what represents the contemporary speech regarding National Identity.

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