Dyatlov A.V., Gugueva D.A. National identity as the basis of European identity. Vestnik NSUEU, 2017, No. 1, pp. 230-241.

Abstract

The article analyzes the formation of the united European identity within European Union. The approaches to definition of the national and European identities are considered from the perspective of such theorists like Benedict Anderson, Jurgen Habermas etc. The authors made an attempt to describe the main functions of identity, as well as to mark out the main markers of identity, which con-tribute to substitution of the national identity for the European one for citizens of EU and contribute to its spread.