Trails of Europe: Migrants in search of identity

Migration crisis that shook the European countries in 2015, seriously affected the development of political processes in the EU. However, to recognize the movement of large masses of people to Europe from Syria and neighboring areas, as only consequences of the "Arab Spring", acts of ISIL or search for better life, seem to be in correct. Those events were provoked by the revitalization processes in Islam and the attempts of the traditional oriental society to respond to external challenges. The author, basing his ideal on opinions of the Constructivists about the importance of identity's indicators (largely based on religion) to all social and political institutions and processes, believes that such a large-scale migration has become possible due to the overlapping of two civilizational paradigms: search by Muslims of their identity and the identity crisis in the modern European society.

Authors
Publisher
Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences
Number of issue
5
Language
Russian
Pages
123-131
Status
Published
Volume
71
Year
2016
Organizations
  • 1 People's Friendship University of Russia, Miklukho-Maclay ulitsa, 6, Moscow, Russian Federation
Keywords
Europe; Identity; Islam; Migration; Political process; Religion; The mddle east
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