Petru ILUŢ
Two Main Paradigms in the Approach to Ethnification: Cultural-Attitude and Rational Choice
Institution:
"Babeş-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, Department of Sociology
Abstract:
The sociological study of the recrudescence of nationalism in ex-communist countries must be initiated from the perspective of ethnification. The theories of ethnification are structured according to the paradigms: cultural-attitude which operates mainly within the preponderently irrational elements of ethnification and rational choice which focuses on the calculation of costs and profits. The main intention of the present study is to show the relation between the paradigms is complex and nuanced.
