THE CONCEPT OF NATIONAL IDENTITY AND ITS FALL UNDER THE SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTIVIST THINKING. ARGUMENTS. IDENTIFYING THE ELEMENTS BELONGING TO THE CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH
THE CONCEPT OF NATIONAL IDENTITY AND ITS FALL UNDER THE SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTIVIST THINKING. ARGUMENTS. IDENTIFYING THE ELEMENTS BELONGING TO THE CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to highlight the arguments for which the concept of national identity, a concept that has given rise to many debates, falls within the school of constructivist thinking from the perspective of international relations and security studies. The concept of national identity, which, by reference to the nations, captures the psychological and sociological aspects of the individuals from which the nations are formed, faces an evolution at European level, in the context of the re-establishment of the political realities amid accession and integration into European Union. Under the assumption that the social reality is not an objective element, outside the human action and perceptions, along with the assertion that the study of social reality is not independent of its object of study, it is created the framework for the questions, arguments and researches it assumes in its sphere of study of constructivism. From the perspective of constructivist conception, both the identity and the interests of the actions in the international relations are not predetermined, but they are defined by the interaction with the other participants. This way of seeing the reality has also led to emphasizing the concept of security community.

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