Inventing EuropeA critical analysis of the idea of Europe and the limits and possibilities of a European identity in the broader perspective of history. This book argues that the crucial issue is the articulation of a new identity that is based on post-national citizenship rather than ambivalent notions of unity. |
Contents
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2 The Origins of the Idea of Europe | 16 |
3 The Westernisation of Europe | 30 |
The Shifting Frontier | 48 |
5 Europe in the Age of Modernity | 65 |
6 Europe in the Mirror of the Orient | 84 |
7 The Crisis of European Identity | 100 |
8 Europe as a Cold War Construction | 115 |
9 Europe after the Cold War | 130 |
Towards PostNational Citizenship | 156 |
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