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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2016 by the
- ISSN
- 0012-5415
- eISSN
- 2307-289X
- DOI
- 10.7767/dnrm-2016-3-404
- Publisher site
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Abstract
DER DONAURAUM Jahrgang 52 Heft 3-4/2012 Romanian Post-EU Integration Old Identity Motifs in New Media Discourse I. Introduction Our analysis begins by delineating the Romanian process and the main stages of constructing a post-communist identity by taking into account the constant reference to the Western European model. Therefore, comparing the consolidation of European consciousness and its chronological transformations from 1914 to this day, one might observe even more similarities than expected concerning the aims and especially features Romania and other post-revolutionary East European countries had in common. Except for a short period of direct interactions with the European mentalities (one might say: synchronicities) shortly before and after the First World War, Romania found itself in European memory especially as one of the ex-communist countries that always felt an impetuous need to define themselves by glancing into the West's deep and troubled waters. Highly motivated by a constant wish to step up, Romanians soon began to dream of a communion of thoughts, attitudes and images, as is reflected mainly in the cultural field and also in the impatient attitude concerning EU integration in 2007. To analyse Romanian identity and its structure we will have to take into
Journal
Der Donauraum – de Gruyter
Published: May 1, 2016