Czechia Blog Post 1 by Clayton Ng
Czechia’s Identity Crisis What is National Identity? The national identity of a group of people can consist of a wide variety of shared values, ranging from complex cultural customs to a few simple colors. To provide a more concrete definition, national identity can be explained as a connection “of the citizens of a country with their own country’s historical and cultural traditions, moral values, ideals, beliefs, national sovereignty, and so on” (Liu & Turner, 2018, p. 1080). The people in the nation begin to feel a greater sense of belonging and validation as a community, forming imagined bonds built on similarities and unity. Loyalty begins to develop between the people and the nation-state, while emotions of pride and patriotism begin to emerge. Czechia’s Unclear National Identity After the splitting of Czechoslovakia into Czechia and Slovakia in 1992, Czechia’s national identity has been difficult to distinguish from its Slavic neighboring countries. Much of the ...
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