ISSN 1337-8740 (print) | ISSN 2453-7675 (online) | EV 5344/16

NATIONAL COMMUNITIES AS THE SPACE OF VALUE PRESERVATION AND TRANSFORMATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PARTICULARISM AND UNIVERSALISM (THE ISSUE OF NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN IDENTITY)

[Národné komunity ako priestor uchovávania a transformácie hodnôt z hľadiska partikularizmu a univerzalizmu (otázka národnej a európskej identity)]

Abstract: The aim of the study is to explain the place of communities in contemporary pluralistic democratic societies. The shared values of particular communities by which they are primarily defined, may perceive an integrating process and universalistic requirements of bigger entities as a certain threat. In the study, the author deals with the nation as a community, whereby a national identity is supposed to be understood as one of the key values of the community. From this point of view, the author reflects on the issue of European identity justifying its importance based on the demands of universalism and particularism.

Authors: Maximová, Jarmila

DOI: 10.17846/CL.2020.13.1.197-207

Publication order reference: Doc. PhDr. Jarmila Maximová, PhD.; Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Arts, The Department of General and Applied Ethics, Hodžova 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovakia; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Source: Konštatínove listy, 2020, vol.: 13, issue: 1, pages: 197-207 (PDF file)

Keywords: NATIONAL COMMUNITIES, SHARED VALUES, NATIONAL IDENTITY, EUROPEAN IDENTITY, UNIVERSALISM, PARTICULARISM

Language: ENGLISH