This book is about how every age invented the idea of Europe in the mirror of its own identity: Europe is as much an idea as it is a reality, but it is also a contested idea and it was in adversity that European identity was constructed as a dichotomy of Self and Other. The book analyses the origins and development of the idea of Europe as a social construction from the earliest times to the present. Its challenging thesis is that the European idea has lent itself to a politics of division and exclusion, which has been disguised by superficial notions of unity.
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This book is about how every age invented the idea of Europe in the mirror of its own identity: Europe is as much an idea as it is a reality, but it is also a contested idea and it was in adversity that European identity was constructed as a dichotomy of Self and Other. The book analyses the origins and development of the idea of Europe as a social construction from the earliest times to the present. Its challenging thesis is that the European idea has lent itself to a politics of division and exclusion, which has been disguised by superficial notions of unity.
Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | July 1995 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 1995 |
Authors | Nana, Gerard Delanty |
Dimensions | 216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket |
Pages | 187 |
Edition | 1995 ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-312-12568-4 |
Barcode | 9780312125684 |
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LSN | 0-312-12568-2 |