Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Europe: Conceptualizing a Continent; 2 Some Europes in Their History; 3 "Europe" in the Middle Ages; 4 The Republican Mirror: The Dutch Idea of Europe; 5 The Napoleonic Empire and the Europe of Nations; 6 Homo Politicus and Homo Oeconomicus: The European Citizen According to Max Weber; 7 The European Self: Rethinking an Attitude; 8 European Nationalism and European Union; 9 From the Ironies of Identity to the Identities of Irony
Summary
This collection discusses what it means to be 'European', covering the period from Antiquity to the end of the twentieth century. Addressing politics, law, religion, culture, literature and affectivity, this broad account shows how a distinctive European identity has grown over the centuries, and looks at the European Union's future
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