Europeanness and Non-Europeanness in British Discourses about Contemporary Romania – under the Sign of (East)-Euroskepticism
Europeanness and Non-Europeanness in British Discourses about Contemporary Romania – under the Sign of (East)-Euroskepticism

Author(s): Carmen Andraş
Subject(s): EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: Publishing Inc. European Readings & Prodifmultimedia/Editura Napoca Star
Keywords: Euroskepticism;
Summary/Abstract: The distinction between British official and public, political and journalistic, literary and academic discursive constructions of Central and Eastern Europe, Romania included, is artificial. They are (almost) all taking over elements of Balkanism and Orientalism in a general endeavor of justifying skeptic attitudes, extreme decisions, military actions, which could become quite unpopular among the British, if they were not capable of reviving the most sensitive issues of identity and survival: “the strong blast of cold air” from Eastern Europe or the Balkans was/is still menacing the Westerners’ homes and nations. It makes them shiver, while the optimistic “wind of change” from the same East or Balkans is only timidly blowing over the West.

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