Identity and differentiated integration in Europe
Identity and differentiated integration in Europe

Author(s): Zbigniew B. Rudnicki
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Philosophy, Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: identity;differentiated integration;Europe
Summary/Abstract: The fundamental distinction between us and them (insiders and outsiders), characteristic of the process whereby we shape our identities, is universal and timeless. It is already present in the first family-tribal communities, providing the basis for the most typical social divisions, and then later for political divisions. From a modern, contemporary perspective, identity has taken on a special significance as it now extends far beyond the boundaries of local communities, becoming part of the consciousness of large social structures, i.e. of national communities.

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