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The article deals with the conception of Central Europe in the perspective of clash of civilizations. The author's major thesis is the following: Central Europe is central being the centre of fight for European values including Western Christianity, liberalism, democracy, justice, and historical memory. The minor theses are the following: 1) the very notion of Central Europe is inseparable from its moral content, i.e. from imagined values to be obliged as maximas of life in a certain life-world; 2) Central Europe serves as the becoming of Europe's identity and - vice versa- the identity of Central Europe depends on contrary parts of imagined Europe. The author considers Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) as a historical rim of European civilization and the area for the becoming of Central Europe.
VERSITA Central European Science Publishers, Warsaw; http://versita.com, in cooperation with journal's owner - Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania,
VERSITA Central European Science Publishers, Warsaw; http://versita.com, in cooperation with journal's owner - Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania,