IN SEARCH OF THE LOST EUROPEAN IDENTITY
Objective: The purpose of this essay is to verify whether or not there is a European identity and what are its characterizing elements, trying to understand the consequences of this fact for Europe - in particular for the European Union - and for the world. Methodology: This is an interdisciplinary...
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| description | Objective: The purpose of this essay is to verify whether or not there is a European identity and what are its characterizing elements, trying to understand the consequences of this fact for Europe - in particular for the European Union - and for the world.
Methodology: This is an interdisciplinary research of a historical, philosophical, political, cultural and legal nature that relies on a deductive methodology of document analysis aiming at the articulation of diverse knowledge. Articulation is possible by defining a matrix of knowledge from a holistic perspective.
Results: There are evidences of the existence of different perspectives on European identity, which is essential for understanding political and social processes in Europe. It is also evident that there is a need for a minimum understanding between political agents and citizens about what European identity is for the European construction project to subsist.
Contributions: The main contribution of this research is to show that the European integration process is not simply technical, but political. Being political, it requires to rethink the process of exercising power, both in the European Union and in the States, replacing the classic logic of power by power with a logic closer to the citizens. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53a6c1e53d6b4573b8bdfadf844a499c2023-02-23T13:22:36ZengCentro Universitário ChristusRevista Opinião Jurídica1806-04202447-66412020-11-01182924326410.12662/2447-6641oj.v18i29.p243-264.20201011IN SEARCH OF THE LOST EUROPEAN IDENTITYJoão Carlos Relvão Caetano0Universidade Aberta, PortugalObjective: The purpose of this essay is to verify whether or not there is a European identity and what are its characterizing elements, trying to understand the consequences of this fact for Europe - in particular for the European Union - and for the world. Methodology: This is an interdisciplinary research of a historical, philosophical, political, cultural and legal nature that relies on a deductive methodology of document analysis aiming at the articulation of diverse knowledge. Articulation is possible by defining a matrix of knowledge from a holistic perspective. Results: There are evidences of the existence of different perspectives on European identity, which is essential for understanding political and social processes in Europe. It is also evident that there is a need for a minimum understanding between political agents and citizens about what European identity is for the European construction project to subsist. Contributions: The main contribution of this research is to show that the European integration process is not simply technical, but political. Being political, it requires to rethink the process of exercising power, both in the European Union and in the States, replacing the classic logic of power by power with a logic closer to the citizens.https://periodicos.unichristus.edu.br/opiniaojuridica/article/view/3450identidade europeiapolíticaabertura epistemológicamito |
| spellingShingle | João Carlos Relvão Caetano IN SEARCH OF THE LOST EUROPEAN IDENTITY Revista Opinião Jurídica identidade europeia política abertura epistemológica mito |
| title | IN SEARCH OF THE LOST EUROPEAN IDENTITY |
| title_full | IN SEARCH OF THE LOST EUROPEAN IDENTITY |
| title_fullStr | IN SEARCH OF THE LOST EUROPEAN IDENTITY |
| title_full_unstemmed | IN SEARCH OF THE LOST EUROPEAN IDENTITY |
| title_short | IN SEARCH OF THE LOST EUROPEAN IDENTITY |
| title_sort | in search of the lost european identity |
| topic | identidade europeia política abertura epistemológica mito |
| url | https://periodicos.unichristus.edu.br/opiniaojuridica/article/view/3450 |
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