European Identities

The question of European identity became a subject of heated debates repeatedly. It does so again nowadays, due to various reasons: crisis of the European Union, the rise of radical Islamism, the discourse of a “Decadent West”, fueled by Russian propaganda, the “Identitarian Movement” et cetera. These debates take place mostly at the level of journalism or social media. All the more so, these debates offer a good opportunity for academics to recapitulate and re-question the history of changing “European identities” from the very beginning of European history. Academics have mighty tools at their disposal: The context-based knowledge and understanding of primary literary sources, reflecting these identities and these debates