Discourse on Europe and the European Identity of Albanians

J 2021

Discourse on Europe and the European Identity of Albanians

KODHEL, Elona and Eris RUSI

Basic information

Original name

Discourse on Europe and the European Identity of Albanians

Authors

KODHEL, Elona (8 Albania, belonging to the institution) and Eris RUSI (8 Albania)

Edition

Balkanistic Forum, 2021, 1310-3970

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

Bulgaria

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/21:00123540

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.37708/bf.swu.v30i3.23

UT WoS

000711190200023

Keywords in English

Europe; political discourse; ideology; identity; integration

Abstract

V originále

Political discourse on Europe and EU integration in the Albanian social and political reality has played an important role in all its continuity and evolution from the 1990s until today. It has been used by various political actors as one of the main instruments aimed at informing, propagating and communicating with the broad masses of the electorate and citizens. Discourse on Europe is also discourse as a form of thinking about identity, because all the values, beliefs and ideas it adheres to also determine how Albanian citizens see themselves in relation to the past, the present and the design of their future. The idea of Europe and the European identity of Albanians is not late among Albanians, which is articulated only from the 1990s onwards. On the contrary, the most common point of view considers the Albanian people with an early inherited European identity and also related with the geographical determination, which was lost as a result of historical fates and finally in an attempt to regain it. All this contributes to the further consolidation of an ideology of "deserved" integration in Europe, part of which we have been and must necessarily be. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the Albanian political discourse focused on Europe as an idea and the attempt to transform the discourse for Europe, in an ideological hegemonic discourse. It aims to discuss whether Europe and EU integration has become the main hallmark of Albanian political discourse given the importance it takes in explaining, defining and justifying issues, actions and events in general.

Links

MUNI/A/1138/2020, interní kód MU

Name: Perspektivy evropské integrace v kontextu globální politiky III

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

KODHEL, Elona and Eris RUSI. Discourse on Europe and the European Identity of Albanians. Balkanistic Forum. 2021, vol. 30, No 3, p. 386-401. ISSN 1310-3970. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.37708/bf.swu.v30i3.23.

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KODHEL, Elona and Eris RUSI. Discourse on Europe and the European Identity of Albanians. \textit{Balkanistic Forum}. 2021, vol.~30, No~3, p.~386-401. ISSN~1310-3970. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.37708/bf.swu.v30i3.23.

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