Europe’s (Un)Common Heritage(s)

Authors

  • Máiréad Nic Craith School of Management and Languages, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2012410201

Keywords:

Europe, heritage, discourse, universality, language // Evropa, dediščina, diskurz, univerzalnost, jezik

Abstract

Although it draws on the past, the concept of heritage is rooted in the present and is used selectively for contemporary purposes. European institutions have reinforced the concept of a common European heritage, which is shared by all nation-states. In drawing on the discourse of heritage, there is an attempt to consolidate a narrative of European universal values. This paper critiques the vision of a common European heritage in the consolidation of European identity and assesses the idea of shared heritage as an instrument of social cohesion.

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Čeprav se sklicuje na preteklost, je koncept dediščina zakoreninjen v sedanjosti in selektivno rabljen za sodobne namene. Evropske ustanove krepijo koncept skupne evropske dediščine, skupne vsem državam/narodom. V diskurzu o dediščini gre za poskus, da bi utrdili pripoved o evropskih splošnih vrednotah. Članek kritizira vizijo skupne evropske dediščine v utrjevanju evropske identitete in si prizadeva za zamisel o skupni dediščini kot orodju družbene povezanosti.

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14.12.2012

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Nic Craith, M. (2012). Europe’s (Un)Common Heritage(s). Traditiones, 41(2), 11–28. https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2012410201

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Tradition and Heritage: Different Aspects and Appropriations / Tradicija in dediščina. Mnogoteri vidiki in prisvojitve