Identity Perceptions and Buildings of the Hungarian Minority in Relationship with the Romanian Majority Identifications
Identity Perceptions and Buildings of the Hungarian Minority in Relationship with the Romanian Majority Identifications

Summary/Abstract: The objective of this study is to analyze the discursive identity buildings from the perspective of the members of the Hungarian political elite who has to give a reasoned endorsement to the people that it stands for, as a way to prove not only a territorial belonging, but also the irreconcilable differences of this ethnic group in relationship to the majority represented by the Romanians. From this perspective, we analyze the feeling of the national affiliation, the claim of the regional autonomy and the setting of the “historical memory” in the public sphere, with recurrent use in the rhetoric of the Hungarian political elite, as possible elements generating conflict for a minority group whose level of perception of its own difference in opposition to the identity of the majority is very high.

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