Open AccessFestival Culture as a Means of Preserving Vital Differences in the Ideologically Equalised World
Author(s) -
Alexandre Gnes
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the beacon: journal for studying ideologies and mental dimensions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-1890
pISSN - 2713-1882
DOI - 10.55269/thebeacon.2.020310005
Subject(s) - ideology , ethnic group , civilization , national identity , political science , western culture , ethnology , sociology , development economics , gender studies , law , politics , economics
The Europeans are now exposed to ideological influence that liberates them of all forms of official collective identity: religious, ethnic, national, and recently even gender one. National cultures are gradually disappearing and giving way to sub-ethnic cultures, e.g. the Basques in Spain, Alemanni and Frisians in Germany, Székely in Hungary and Romania. The author proves that developing festival culture in modern Europe may provide an effective means of preserving vital national differences. Without recognising these national cultural differences, the European civilisation is doomed in the globalised world.