Constitutionalized by the Past. The Role of National Identity and Collective Sense of Experience in Central European Constitutionalization

Dr Filip Cyuńczyk

SWPS University

English abstract: The primary aim of this text is to show the specificity of Central European constitutionalisation after the fall of communism. Its peculiarity lies in the systemic search for the legitimacy of new communities in the experience of the past. This specificity will be examined within the framework of a consideration of the contemporary understanding of the Central Europe concept. This is particularly necessary in the light of attempts to combine (in this area) the universal values of the Western world with references to communitarian elements, usually national. The main idea of the following text is to identify the hybrid character of Central European political communities. This is because, at the moment of constitutionalisation, they decided to merge national and liberal-democratic values.

Key words: Central Europe, Constitutionalisation, Law and Memory, Memory Politics.

Language: English

Published: no. 1(42)/2025, pp. 7-22.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36280/AFPiFS.2024.4.81

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