CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Gerhartova, Marketa |
|---|---|
| Title | The Transformation of Czech and Slovak National Identity and Creation of the New Other |
| Summary | The Czechs and the Slovaks were united in a common state for many decades until the “velvet divorce” in 1993. The 1993 breakup was once again a political decision made without the participation of the public. The public was rather a quiet receiver of contemporary crucial news, and if addressed, then not with a question but rather with an announcement. The establishment of two successor states that followed the breakup, brought about transformation on many different levels – constitutional, political, economic, social, medial and even academic. Among other things the breakup entailed modification of Czech and Slovak national identities in relation, and at the same time opposition, towards each other. In the previous years (before and after World War II) Czechs and Slovaks shared one state which to some extent implied that the boundaries of national identities towards each other were rather blurred. In this thesis I argue that the establishment of two independent states required a new redefinition of the national identities and the boundaries between them to suit the new political setting. I demonstrate the change via comparative analysis of discursive creation of national identities in Czechoslovak, Czech and Slovak educational materials. |
| Supervisor | Kovacs, Andras |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/gerhartova_marketa.pdf |
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