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The idea of national identity, connected with the 19th century historicism  and many national uprisings, has bankrupt in the last century. The history showed where the totalitarian ideologies based on nationalism lead. 
Nowadays the national identity should be rethought . Firstly - because of the experiences of fascism and Nazizm , secondly - because of the globalisation process. If we consider the latter, it occurs  that our bounding to family ground is a kind of sentimentalism. We wear clothes made in China, watch American films, listen to French or German music and read Spanish books. The borders have vanished, especially in the EU. But the problem of identity remained. 
Many people do not want to forget their roots. Very often they cultivate the family tradition but rather as a symbol, not because of its meaning. It helps us to feel homelike when we are thousand  kilometers from our parents. 
Contemporary man, more and more often, is mixed up of elements of various origin. This pluralism sentences him to look for a new identity. She/he must find a new group of consider. The situation forced people to see themselves as a part of small societies. That is why the regionalism, which is so popular in the EU, seems to be a good solution. It provides people a base, which they can live on. The similarity of members of such a group helps people to create a long-standing identity. 
To sum up I want to point at the regionalism as a proper ideology for the time of globalisation in the place which was empty since the idea of the homogenous  nation has collapsed.


