Europe and Identity

Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject Social Studies (General), grade: 1,0, University of Siegen (Philosophische Fakultät), course: European Society: Institutions, Groups, Individuals, language: English, abstract: In the beginning of this essay, the terms 'identity' and 'Europe' will be defined with the help of thoughts from nationalism, essentialism and social constructivism. In the main part, the author discusses the research question, using the resulting understandings of 'identity' and 'Europe', from different approaches, e.g. etymological, geographical, historical, political and conceptual, to examine to what extent a European identity exists. This essay will conclude with an attempt at answering to the research question.