European Stories

Intellectual Debates on Europe in National Contexts
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-959462-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 430 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 807 g

European Stories is the first book of its kind in any European language. Its authors explore the many different ways 'public intellectuals' have debated Europe - the EU and its periphery - within distinct epistemological, disciplinary, ideological and above all national traditions. The chapters focus on the post-1989 era but with a view to the long history of the 'European idea' and its variants across the continent. To what extent such ideas frame the attitude of European publics is left open. But the authors assume that they matter to the European project as a whole.

While the twelve national cases have been selected for the broad range they offer, from founding to non-EU member states, they are not exhaustive as the book is meant to encourage further research. The authors of these chapters are all themselves fully immersed in their respective public spheres although generally not strongly identified with one 'camp' or another.

The expected readership is broad and interdisciplinary, ranging from political philosophy, to political science, international relations, history, sociology and the history of ideas. Beyond academia, European Stories is meant for all readers interested in the intellectual debates of our time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lacroix, Justine

Nicolaïdis, Kalypso

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Contents

- Acknowledgments

- List of contributors

- European Stories: An Introduction

- Part I: Themes

- 1: Francis Cheneval: Lost in Universalization? On the Difficulty of Localizing the European Intellectual

- 2: Ulrike Liebert: Contentious European Democracy: National Intellectuals in Transnational Debates

- 3: Michael Freeden: On European and Other Intellectuals

- Part II: Founders

- 4: Jan-Werner Muller: In the Shadows of Statism: Peculiarities of the German Debates on European Integration

- 5: Justine Lacroix: 'Borderline Europe': French Visions of the European Union

- 6: Mario Telò: Italy and the idea of Europe

- Part III: Joiners

- 7: Georgios Varouxakis: Mid-Atlantic Musings: The 'Question of Europe' in British Intellectual Debate 1961-2008

- 8: Katy Hayward: European Stories as National Narratives: Irish Intellectuals on Europe

- 9: Georges Pagoulatos and Xenophon Yataganas: Europe Othered, Europe Enlisted, Europe Possessed: Greek Public Intellectuals and the European Union

- 10: Carlos Closa and Antonio Barroso: Consensus, Benign Neglect and Specialised Knowledge: Spanish Intellectuals and Europe

- Part IV: Returners

- 11: Zdzislaw Mach and Magdalena Gora: Between Old Fears and New Challenges. The Polish Debate about Europe

- 12: Daniel Barbu: The Geopolitics of the European Spirit in Post-secular Romania

- 13: Muriel Blaive and Nicolas Maslowski: The World of the Two Vaclavs: European Minded vs. National(ist) Intellectuals in Czechia.

- Part V: Outliers

- 14: John Erik Fossum and Cathrin Holst: Progressive Nationalism? Norwegian Intellectuals and Europe

- 15: Nora Fisher Onar and Ahmet Evin: Convergence and Resistance: the European Dilemma of Turkish Intellectuals

- Part VI: One Story or Many?

- 16: Juan Diez Medrano: Europe's Political Identity: Public Sphere and Public Opinion

- 17: Janie Pelabay, Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Justine Lacroix: Echoes and Polyphony. In Praise of Europe's Narrative Diversity

- General Index

- Author index

- Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Justine Lacroix is the author of Michaël Walzer. Le pluralisme et l'universel (2001), Communautarisme versus libéralisme. Quel modèle d'intégration politique? (2003); L'Europe en procès. Quel patriotisme au-delà des nationalismes? (2004) and La pensée française à l'épreuve de l'Europe (2008). Her publications appear in numerous journals including Political Studies, European Journal of Political Theory, Politics, European Political Science, Critique, Raison publqiue, Politique européenne, Ethique publique. She is Professor of Politics at Université libre de Bruxelles.

Kalypso Nicolaïdis is a member of the EU reflection group on the Future of Europe (2020-2030) chaired by Felipe Gonzales. She was associate professor at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and has also held visiting professorships around Europe. Her publications appear in numerous journals including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Journal of Common Market Studies, Politique Etrangere, and Raison Publique. Her books include The Federal Vision (OUP), In the Long Shadow of Europe (Brill); and Mediterranean Frontiers: Borders, Memory and Conflict in a Transnational Era (IB Tauris).