Idea of Europe From Antiquity to the European Union

Name: Idea of Europe From Antiquity to the European Union
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ISBN: 9780521795524

ISBN-10: 0521795524

ISBN-13: 9780521795524

Edition: 2001

Authors: Anthony Pagden, Lee H. Hamilton

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The creation of the European Union and the progressive integration of the European states has raised serious questions about the existence of a distinctive European identity. Do the British share much in common with the French, or the French with the Danes? Will a unified Europe remain an economic and political possibility with no greater cultural or affective foundations? If there is something that distinguishes all Europeans, what is it, and how is it being changed by recent events? This book addresses these questions in essays ranging from ancient Greece to the end of the twentieth century. Their authors come from different intellectual backgrounds and represent differing intellectual…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/4/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Anthony Pagden is Harry C. Black Professor of History at the Johns Hopkins University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Europe: Conceptualizing a Continent




Some Europes in Their History




"Europe" in the Middle Ages




The Republican Mirror: The Dutch Idea of Europe




The Napoleonic Empire and the Europe of Nations




Homo Politicus and Homo Oeconomicus: The European Citizen According to Max Weber




The European Self: Rethinking an Attitude




European Nationalism and European Union




From the Ironies of Identity to the Identities of Irony




Muslims and European Identity: Can Europe Represent Islam?




The Long Road to Unity: The Contribution of Law to the Process of European Integration since 1945




The Euro, Economic Federalism, and the Question of National Sovereignty




Identity Politics and European Integration: The Case of Germany




Nationalisms in Spain: The Organization of Convivencia




The Kantian Idea of Europe: Critical and Cosmopolitan Perspectives



Contributors


Index