Images from Paradise

The Visual Communication of the European Union's Federalist Utopia
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78533-618-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 515 g

Drawing upon the disciplines of politics, anthropology, psychoanalysis, aesthetics and cinema studies, Salgó presents a new way of looking at the “art of European unification.” The official visual narratives of the European Union constitute the main object of inquiry – the iconography of the new series of euro banknotes and the videos through which the supranational elite seek to generate “collective effervescence,” allow for a European carnival to take place, and prompt citizens to pledge allegiance to the sacred dogma of the “ever closer union,” thereby strengthening the mythical sources of the organization’s legitimacy. The author seeks to illustrate how and why the federalist utopia turned into a political soteriology after the outbreak of the 2008 crisis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salgó, Eszter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The (Long-Desired) Rebirth of Europe’s “Fantastic Family”

PART I: NUMINOUS STORIES ABOUT EUROPE’S REBIRTH

Chapter 1. Need for a Paradise Dream

Chapter 2. Manifestations of Eurofederalists’ Paradise Dream

Chapter 3. The Tale of Seductive Europa

PART II: THE PROMISE OF A NEW SYMBOL

Chapter 4. Welcome to the Center of the European Mandala!

Chapter 5. Europa’s Sacred Gaze

Chapter 6. The European Central Bank’s Story of Abundance: In Between Sacred Rituals and Political Marketing

PART III: EUROPEAN FESTIVAL TALES

Chapter 7. The Promise of European Rituals

Chapter 8. “Rise like a Phoenix”: A New Anthem for (Federal) Europe

Chapter 9. The 2014 Elections of the European Parliament: Preparing for a European Carnival

Concluding Remarks: The European Union’s (Magic-Less) Bridge-Builders

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Salgó, Eszter
Eszter Salgó teaches at the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, at John Cabot University, in Rome. Her previous work includes Psychoanalytic Reflections on Politics: Fatherlands in Mothers’ Hands (Routledge, 2014).