The idea of Europe : from antiquity to the European Union

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The idea of Europe : from antiquity to the European Union

Title remainder

from antiquity to the European Union

Statement of responsibility

edited by Anthony Pagden

Contributor

• Pagden, Anthony

Editor

• Pagden, Anthony

Subject

• Europe -- Civilization
• Europe -- Ethnic relations
• Europe -- Politics and government
• European Union
• European federation
• Nationalism -- Europe
• Political culture -- Europe

Language

eng

Summary

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 traditions. They discuss questions of politics, religion, commerce, law, language, literature and affectivity. Taken together, they provide a powerful insight into the historical origins of the idea of Europe and into the future of the European Union.--

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• Woodrow Wilson Center Press (Series)

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Provided by publisher

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UkCbUP

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Woodrow Wilson Center Press
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks