Secondary language: |
English |
Secondary title: |
This is Slovenia – Meaning of national identity and belonging among youth |
Secondary abstract: |
Nationalism, national identity and national feeling are definitely alive nowadays. They are still an important part of temporal world and often they are the source of predjudice, discriminations and intergroup conflicts. On the other hand they must have some functional meaning for individual and society, otherwise we would abandom them. In my diploma I was interested in young people, who found national identity and belonging important for their lives. I was trying to find out what meaning the nationality has for them, why is it important for them and how they express their patriotism. However, during the research process some other issues connected with young patriots were exposed, for example masculinity and interwee's opinion about violence. The theoretical introduction presents characteristics of youth period and question of identity, which is in that period very important. It is continued with teoretical aspects of identity, social identity and integroup relationships, which can have both positive (for example solidarity) and negative (for example predjudice and discminations) consequences. The theoretical part is concluded with theorising about nationalism and its different manifestations. In the empirical part I present results of qualitative research, based on six interviews with six young patriots. They are all somehow connected with Tukaj je Slovenija (Here is Slovenia) movement. During my reaserch I discovered that patriotic youth is very heterogenous group and patriotism is very complex phenomena, including different (also subtle) aspects. |
Secondary keywords: |
youth;nationality;identity;mladina;nacionalnost;identiteta; |
File type: |
application/pdf |
Type (COBISS): |
Undergraduate thesis |
Thesis comment: |
Univ. Ljubljana, Pedagoška fak., Socialna pedagogika |
Pages: |
IV, 117 str. |
Type (ePrints): |
thesis |
Title (ePrints): |
This is Slovenia – Meaning of national identity and belonging among youth |
Keywords (ePrints): |
mladi |
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language): |
youth |
Abstract (ePrints): |
Nacionalizem, nacionalna identiteta in nacionalistična čustva vsekakor niso preživeta. V današnjem svetu imajo še vedno pomembno mesto in so pogosto izvor različnih predsodkov, diskriminacij in medskupinskih trenj. Po drugi strani pa imajo za posameznika in družbo določeno funckijo, saj bi jih drugače verjetno že opustili. V svoji diplomski nalogi sem se osredotočila na mlade, ki sta jim nacionalna identiteta in pripadnost pomembni. Želela sem ugotoviti, kaj jim nacionalnost pomeni, zakaj jim je pomembna in na kakšne načine to izražajo. Med raziskovalnim procesom se je odprlo še nekaj novih tem, na primer tema moškosti in odnos intervjuvancev do nasilja. V teoretičnem delu sem najprej predstavila značilnosti obdobja mladosti in vprašanje identitete, ki je v tem obdobju izrednega pomena. V nadaljevanju sem razdelala temo identitete, socialne identitete in medskupinskih odnosov, iz katerih lahko izhajajo tako pozitivne posledice (na primer solidarnost) kot tudi negativne (na primer predsodki in diskriminacije). V zadnjem delu teoretičnega dela pa predstavim še, kako različni avtorji gledajo na nacionalizem in pojave povezane z njim. V empiričnem delu predstavim rezultate kvalitativne raziskave, v katero je bilo vključenih šest intervjuvancev. Vsi so mladi domoljubi, na različne načine povezani z domoljubnim gibanjem Tukaj je Slovenija. Med raziskovanjem sem ugotovila, da je domoljubna mladina zelo heterogena skupina mladih, domoljubje pa zelo kompleksen pojav z različnimi (tudi bolj subtilnimi) aspekti. |
Abstract (ePrints, secondary language): |
Nationalism, national identity and national feeling are definitely alive nowadays. They are still an important part of temporal world and often they are the source of predjudice, discriminations and intergroup conflicts. On the other hand they must have some functional meaning for individual and society, otherwise we would abandom them. In my diploma I was interested in young people, who found national identity and belonging important for their lives. I was trying to find out what meaning the nationality has for them, why is it important for them and how they express their patriotism. However, during the research process some other issues connected with young patriots were exposed, for example masculinity and interwee's opinion about violence. The theoretical introduction presents characteristics of youth period and question of identity, which is in that period very important. It is continued with teoretical aspects of identity, social identity and integroup relationships, which can have both positive (for example solidarity) and negative (for example predjudice and discminations) consequences. The theoretical part is concluded with theorising about nationalism and its different manifestations. In the empirical part I present results of qualitative research, based on six interviews with six young patriots. They are all somehow connected with Tukaj je Slovenija (Here is Slovenia) movement. During my reaserch I discovered that patriotic youth is very heterogenous group and patriotism is very complex phenomena, including different (also subtle) aspects. |
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language): |
youth |
ID: |
8310133 |