Economic, Political and Social Identity in the European Union

                                       Professor John Wilton

                                             Lecture 1

                         Identity as a concept: the ‘narrative of identity’



                                                                      Timetable

Úterý (Tuesday)        10.4.07 (Room P9 at ESF)               16.20.  Lecture 1            18.00
Lecture 2

Čtvrtek (Thursday)    12.4.07 (Room P9 at ESF)               16.20.  Lecture 3            18.00.
Lecture 4



Pondělí (Monday)      16.4.07 (Room P7  at ESF)             16.20   Lecture 5           18.00
Lecture 6

Úterý (Tuesday)         17.4.07 (Room P9 at ESF)              16.20 Workshop (Group A - ESF)

Úterý (Tuesday)         17.4.07 (Room P9 at ESF)              18.00 Workshop (Group B - ESF)

Středa (Wednesday)  18.4.07 (Room M117 at FSS)           16.00  Workshop (Group A - FSS)

Středa (Wednesday)  18.4.07 (Room M117 at FSS)           17.30  Workshop (Group B - FSS)

  

Pondělí (Monday)     23.4.07 (Room P7 at ESF)               16.20   Seminar (Group A - ESF students)

Pondělí (Monday)     23.4.07 (Room P7 at ESF)       18.00   Seminar (Group B - ESF students)

Úterý (Tuesday)        24.4.07 (Room P9 at ESF)       16.20   Lecture 7     18.00 Lecture 8

Středa (Wednesday)  25.4.07 (Room M117 at FSS)           14.00.  Seminar (Group A – FSS students)

Středa (Wednesday)  25.4.07 (Room M117 at FSS)           15.30.  Seminar (Group B – FSS students)



Pondělí (Monday)     30.04.07               SUBMISSION OF ESSAY

(Essays can be submitted either through Masaryk University Information System on 30.04.07, or
between 11.00 a.m. and 12 noon at Room 513, ESF



                                             Lecture 1

                                             Lecture 1

-THE ‘NARRATIVE OF THE NATION’

  - national history

  - literature

  - through the media

  - through popular culture

                              these provide:

  - a set of stories, images, historical events, national    symbols and rituals

                          …. which represent

  - the shared experiences, triumphs and disasters,       which give meaning to the nation.

                                             Lecture 1

“The nine member states shared the same attitudes to life, based on determination to build a society
which measures up to the needs of the individual, that each wished to ensure that the cherished
values of their legal, political and moral order are respected. And that all were determined to
defend the principles of representative democracy, the rule of law, social justice (the ultimate
goal of economic progress) and respect for human rights.”

                                                       (Commission of the European Community, 1973)

                                             Lecture 1

                SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT:

- establishing over time a greater degree of mutual acceptance or tolerance amongst the different
peoples (different populations of each state) of the E. U.

          - through processes such as:

             - education

             - cultural exchanges

             - communication processes

             - economic and political processes

             - social celebrations/anniversaries/festivals