Year: 1993
Type: article
Abstract: In Western Europe, with the creation of a "United Europe", many people think that a mosaic of local or minoritary historical identities will develop, more and more distinctive and imposing : local and minoritary compared to europe and to the states and other politico-administrative groups that compose itactually or that will compose it tomorrow. And the movements of ethnic revendication often show the wish or the hope of seeing thelocal identities liberated from their constraints and destined to play new and important roles, thanks to the new equilibrum of United Europe. Western nationalisms and patriotisms are weakened because, from now on, theworld seems to bea more andmore unique group, a whole, and that goes for humanity living there too, although the oekoumene isdevided into rich and dominating countries on one side, and poor and dominated countries on the other side, therefore redefining two original macro-identities on a planetary scale : the rich and the poor. And it isof small importance that this should ojten reproduce itself on a smaller scale in the west and inside the territory of a unique state.
Source: Civilisations
Author: Giulio Angioni
Institution: University of Cagliari
Language: French
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4246778533