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How do Europeans contrast themselves from other countries/cultures/languages in Europe? Wouldn't it be similar?
by dron57 5y ago
How do Europeans contrast themselves from other countries/cultures/languages in Europe? Wouldn't it be similar?
- watwut 5y agoI did not seen Europeans contrast themselves with Europeans all that much. They may contrast themselves with other countries specifically or block of countries specifically. Or say something like "the rest of Europe". I think that many Russians see themselves not part of Europe, culturally and politically. They are something different, especially pro-government ones. Europeans see themselves as part of Europe, even if they have grievance against something. And that is all there is to it.
- asveikau 5y agoI think they would contrast themselves with other European national identities but not deny that they are also European. I haven't taken a survey of this but that's my intuition. Ps. I suspect this contrasting of Russia and Europe may be quite old. I think of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Peter the Great. That kind of contrast was very much under discussion in that time period as far as I know.
- sveme 5y agoIsn‘t identity always context-dependent and fuzzy? I live in Bavaria, so for other Germans I‘m Bavarian. For other Europeans I am German and sometimes Central European. For Americans and most especially Asians I am European.