STANDING IN - BETWEEN: ELEMENTS OF BALKAN IDENTITY UNDERLYING ROMANIA’S POSITION IN THE EU
The paper examines the decisive impact of Romania’s Balkan heritage on its current position in the EU. Our study aims at proving that Romania’s present status among the EU countries is not only a matter of perception from the outside, but also a matter of self – perception, both being shaped by the...
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doaj-d7173a3f75a04756b841d176dcba94262020-11-24T23:48:27ZengUniversity of PetrosaniAnnals of the University of Petrosani: Economics1582-59492247-86202014-12-01XIV293100STANDING IN - BETWEEN: ELEMENTS OF BALKAN IDENTITY UNDERLYING ROMANIA’S POSITION IN THE EUGABRIELA DUMBRAVĂ0University of Petroșani, RomaniaThe paper examines the decisive impact of Romania’s Balkan heritage on its current position in the EU. Our study aims at proving that Romania’s present status among the EU countries is not only a matter of perception from the outside, but also a matter of self – perception, both being shaped by the stereotypes pertaining to the concept of ‘Balkanism’. Historically torn between the East and the West, the central and the liminal, the local and the global, the Balkan area has fostered a unique awareness of national identity, supported by a suspicious and defensive attitude towards the ‘outside’ and totally incongruent with the idea of integration. During the past years, the tension between its Balkan heritage and the integrative EU policies has generated a sense of identity crisis, due to which the Romanians find themselves “concomitantly inside and outside, actors in and audience at a play; owing to this ambiguity, they neither perform, nor watch very well”.http://www.upet.ro/annals/economics/pdf/2014/part2/Dumbrava_1.pdfnational identityBalkanismthe Balkan areaEastWestthe EUintegrationidentity crisis |
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STANDING IN - BETWEEN: ELEMENTS OF BALKAN IDENTITY UNDERLYING ROMANIA’S POSITION IN THE EU |
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STANDING IN - BETWEEN: ELEMENTS OF BALKAN IDENTITY UNDERLYING ROMANIA’S POSITION IN THE EU |
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STANDING IN - BETWEEN: ELEMENTS OF BALKAN IDENTITY UNDERLYING ROMANIA’S POSITION IN THE EU |
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STANDING IN - BETWEEN: ELEMENTS OF BALKAN IDENTITY UNDERLYING ROMANIA’S POSITION IN THE EU |
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STANDING IN - BETWEEN: ELEMENTS OF BALKAN IDENTITY UNDERLYING ROMANIA’S POSITION IN THE EU |
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standing in - between: elements of balkan identity underlying romania’s position in the eu |
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University of Petrosani |
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Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics |
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The paper examines the decisive impact of Romania’s Balkan heritage on its current position in the EU. Our study aims at proving that Romania’s present status among the EU countries is not only a matter of perception from the outside, but also a matter of self – perception, both being shaped by the stereotypes pertaining to the concept of ‘Balkanism’. Historically torn between the East and the West, the central and the liminal, the local and the global, the Balkan area has fostered a unique awareness of national identity, supported by a suspicious and defensive attitude towards the ‘outside’ and totally incongruent with the idea of integration. During the past years, the tension between its Balkan heritage and the integrative EU policies has generated a sense of identity crisis, due to which the Romanians find themselves “concomitantly inside and outside, actors in and audience at a play; owing to this ambiguity, they neither perform, nor watch very well”. |
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national identity Balkanism the Balkan area East West the EU integration identity crisis |
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