Academic Scientific JournalsCultural policy of the European Union
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https://doi.org/10.26881/gsm.2020.18.04Keywords:
cultural policy, cultural heritage, European Union, integration, respect for heterogenityAbstract
The term “culture” is expansive and ambiguous. In legal discourse the usual difficulties as to the ever-changing meaning and undertones of this word are amplified by the lack of legal definition of the concept. In the broadest sense, culture can be understood as the entirety of spiritual and material legacy of mankind, and by adding an element of generational transformation we arrive at the concept of cultural heritage. Cultural heritage has become one of the priorities of the modern world and has conditioned the emergence of a cultural policy appropriate for each country. The establishment of the European Community brought the citizens of the Member States closer together and influenced the formation of a common identity and the development of a common European heritage. The ensuing transformation of the Community into the European Union – an entity unique among international organisations – required the creation of equally non-standard solutions with regard to the integration and cooperation of the Member States in the field of the common cultural heritage. The EU motto “united in diversity” indicates the cultural paradigm of “unity in multiplicity”, or, in other words, the principle of preservation of the cultural codes functioning throughout the European continent. The rising interest in the common policy in the field of culture is noticeable, and consequently, cultural policy has become one of the components of the EU’s agenda. This article discusses evolution of the cultural policy of the European Union and its impact on the protection of cultural heritage.
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