Saxon Transylvania, An Identity Potpourri and a Cultural Catalysis in the Social Network Context of the Last Millennium

Saxons from Transylvania are a strong ethnic group. The present study brings to light an internal point of view of the Saxon identity. In the Transylvanian space, the Saxon identity is shaped by the interaction between the inhabitant ethnic groups present concomitantly in the same space. Saxons, Romanians, Hungarians and Rroma coexist and interact, developing cultural exchange as a foundation for ethnic identity coagulation. Through their interaction, Saxons are identifying themselves within the ethnicity, thus maintaining  identity.  Also, Saxons are differentiating from other ethnic groups,  thus  maintaining authenticity. Therefore, Saxons are different together, and similar apart, both authentic and identical.

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