New Forms of Identity in Contemporary Europe

Author: Harris Erika  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 1568-0258

Source: Perspectives on European Politics and Society, Vol.4, Iss.1, 2003-05, pp. : 13-33

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Abstract

The article's main theme is national identity and its questionable role in establishing identity of a European political community. It is argued that political integration within the European Union requires a normative and conceptual re-examination of the concept of national identity. 'Europeanisation' in the context of this article suggests the integration of national groups within and between the states of the Union is a project rooted in the political future. Consequently, national identity, inspired historically, may have reached a stage whereby its utility has expired.