Gitnang Europa: Pagkakaiba sa mga binago

Ang '''Gitnang Europa''' (Ingles, ''Central Europe'' o kaya ''Middle Europe'') ay isang rehiyon sa [[kontinente]] ng [[Europa]] na nakahimlay sa pagitan ng may pagkakasamu't saring tiniyak na mga pook ng [[Silangang Europa|Silangan]] at [[Kanlurang Europa]]. Ang katawagan at malawakang pagbibigay ng pansin sa rehiyon mismo ay nanumbalik<ref name=Economist>{{cite web|title=Central Europe — The future of the Visegrad group|url=http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=E1_PRSTNSV|work=[[The Economist]]|date=2005-04-14|accessdate=2009-03-07}}</ref> pagsapit ng wakas ng [[Digmaang Malamig]], na pampulitikangpampolitikang naghati sa Europa sa Silangan at Kanluran, na naghati ng Gitnang Europa sa dalawa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://science.jrank.org/pages/11016/Regions-Regionalism-Eastern-Europe-Future-Eastern-Europe.html |title=Regions, Regionalism, Eastern Europe by Steven Cassedy |publisher=New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, Charles Scribner's Sons |year=2005 |accessdate=2010-01-31}}</ref><ref>[http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture14.html Lecture 14: The Origins of the Cold War]. Historyguide.org. Nakuha noong 2011-10-29.</ref>

</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pehe.cz/prednasky/2002/central-european-identity-in-politics |title=Central European Identity in Politics — Jiří Pehe |language=Czech|publisher=Conference on Central European Identity, Central European Foundation, Bratislava |year=2002 |accessdate=2010-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturelink.org/conf/cultid01/index.html |title=Europe of Cultures: Cultural Identity of Central Europe |publisher=Europe House Zagreb, Culturelink Network/IRMO |date=1996-11-24 |accessdate=2010-01-31}}</ref> Subalit, pinagdirinan ng mga dalubhasa na maaaring umiiral ang namumukod-tanging [[kultura]] ng Gitnang Europa, bagaman [[kontrobersiyal]] at pinagtatalunan ang kawariang ito.<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=k9IwimrMIQgC |title=Comparative Central European culture |publisher=Purdue University Press |year=2002|isbn=9781557532404|accessdate=2010-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=An Introduction to Central Europe: History, Culture, and Politics – Preparatory Course for Study Abroad Undergraduate Students at CEU|url=http://ceu.bard.edu/academic/documents/MandatorycourseonCentralEurope.pdf|work=[[Central European University]]|location=[[Budapest]]|date=Fall 2006}}</ref> Ibinatay ito sa mga pagkakahalintulad na nagbubuhat mula sa mga [[pamanang pangkalinangan|katangiang]] pangkasaysayan, panlipunan, at pangkultura,<ref name="books.google.com"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Ben Koschalka – content, Monika Lasota – design and coding |url=http://www.ces.uj.edu.pl/fiut/culture.htm |title=To Be (or Not To Be) Central European: 20th Century Central and Eastern European Literature |publisher=Centre for European Studies of the Jagiellonian University |accessdate=2010-01-31}}</ref> at kinikilala ito bilang isa sa dating naging pinakamayamang napagkukunan ng malikhaing talento sa pagitan ng ika-17 at ika-20 mga daantaon.<ref name="h-net.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.h-net.org/~habsweb/occasionalpapers/untaughtlessons.html |title=Ten Untaught Lessons about Central Europe-Charles Ingrao |publisher=HABSBURG Occasional Papers, No. 1. |year=1996 |accessdate=2010-01-31}}</ref> Binigyang katangian ng ''Cross Currents: A Yearbook of Central European Culture'' (maisasalin na "Salungatang-Daloy: Isang Taunang Aklat ng Kultura ng Gitnang Europa") ang Gitnang Europa bilang isang iniwan at pinabayaang Kanluran o isang lugar kung saan nagbabanggaan ang Silangan at Kanluran.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/crossc/intro.html |title=Introduction to the electronic version of Cross Currents |publisher=Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan Library |accessdate=2010-01-31}}</ref> Binigyang kahulugan ng ''Constant Committee for Geographical Names'' ng [[Alemanya]] ang Gitnang Europa kapwa bilang isang namumukod-tanging [[pook ng kalinangan]] at isang rehiyong pampulitikapampolitika.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://141.74.33.52/stagn/JordanEuropaRegional/tabid/71/Default.aspx |title=StAGN-Empfehlung zur Großgliederung Europas |publisher=StAGN.de |accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/53115069/A-Subdivision-of-Europe-into-Larger-Regions-by-Cultural | title=A Subdivision of Europe into Larger Regions by Cultural Criteria | accessdate=2011-01-15}}</ref> Ipinagmamatuwid ni [[George Schöpflin]] at ng mga iba pa na ang Gitnang Europa ay binibigyang kahulugan bilang isang bahagi ng [[Kanluraning Kristiyanismo]],<ref>History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries, Volume 2 [http://books.google.com/books?id=5pAwqsSyTlsC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=George+Sch%C3%B6pflin+western+christianity&source=bl&ots=3VoR5q9GoR&sig=u26ochQIqarz0uvndPBT6ZAv0fg&hl=en&ei=zwi_TobmAsfDswbri4GFAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=George%20Sch%C3%B6pflin%20western%20christianity&f=false]</ref> habang matatag namang inilagay ni [[Samuel P. Huntington]] ang rehiyon sa loob ng [[kulturang Kanluranin]].<ref>When identity becomes an alibi (Institut Ramon Llull) [www.llull.cat/rec_transfer/webt1/transfer01_essa05.pdf]</ref>