Strategies of perception of Europe and their reception in Lithuania
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Atvira Europa; Europietiška tapatybė; Europos tapatybė; Ontologiniu požiūriu tuščia Europa; Tuščia Europa; Uždara Europa; Closed Europe; European identity; Hollow Europe; Open Europe.
ENThis article analyses strategies of perception of Europe that fit into a triple structure. The traditional division into philosophical, cultural, and political Europe is intersected with more fundamental European perceptions determined by different ways of thinking. In this article, these ways are referred to as the closed, the open and the hollow ones. Thus, three different conceptions of Europe arise: the closed Europe characterized by essentialism, ethnocentrism, and monologic consciousness; the open Europe based on the standpoint that protection of one’s own identity and maturity depend on a dialogic relationship with representatives of other identities; and the hollow Europe that makes absolute the imperative of moral self-criticism, as well as identity’s deconstruction and its relativism. The discussion of all three strategies of perception of Europe is followed by the analysis of how they were received in Lithuania. The conclusion highlights the necessity to further research the relationship between all three conceptions of European identity. [From the publication]
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