ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the discursive elements of Northeast Asian identity in comparison with European identity, considering that a regional identity is a process of demarcating self and others in the region's dominant discourse. It investigates whether there are "primary" and "practical" conditions for regional identity construction. The chapter focuses on the regional constructions of "self" and "others," reflected in dominant discourses in Europe and Northeast Asia. It looks into, in particular, whether "self" and "others" of the two regions have been constructed positively or negatively, and inside or outside the region, in regard to the historically dominant discourses of "civilization," "development," and the "Cold War" in the modern era. The chapter focuses on the conditions for regional identity, reflected in the European Union. It discusses the Northeast Asian case: Its ways of constructing "self" and "others," and the primary and practical conditions for regional identity.
