ANTHROPOLOGICAL VIEW UPON THE PROCESS OF CREATION OF MACEDONIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE PERIOD OF REVIVAL

"The feeling of national identity is a powerful tool for determining and location of the individual 'I' in the world, through the prism of collective personality and its culture. In fact this mutual, unique culture enables us to acknowledge 'who we are' in the contemporary world. Rediscovering this culture, 'we discover' ourselves, 'our authentic personal I' (...). This process of self-definition and location is a key to national identity, but also an element that causes most doubts and skepticism" (Antoni D. Smith 1998:34).