RELATION BETWEEN THE BALKANIZATION AND EUROINTEGRATION THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE DEGRADATION OF BICULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Komad Marina (Fakultet političkih nauka, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Student na doktorskim studijama kulturologije), marina_komad@yahoo.com

The key subject of this article is the phenomena of bicultural identity’s transformation in the context of its integration into a wider multicultural entity. The term “cultural” is for the purpose of this article narrowed to a direct relation with territorialized ethnic identity. The article is focused on embedding bicultural identities into the process of intercultural communication and multicultural entities. This process is analysed on the case study of the Western Balkans states in the context of eurointegration, with emphasis on the example of building the independent Montenegrin state. The main hypothesis of this article is that the process of intercultural communication and multicultural society as a precondition has the opposite process - previously clear distinction of particular identities. In other words, the process of integration of different national identities into a wider community actually tends to sharpen distinctions between them than to relax the differences on their common path towards a new “super-identity.”

Keywords: bicultural identity, multicultural identity, national identity, diacritics, Serbia and Montenegro, eurointegration, balkanization