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Author Pagden, Anthony

Title The Idea of Europe : From Antiquity to the European Union / edited by Anthony Pagden
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (392 pages)
Series Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Cambridge books online
Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Contents 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
Notes Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed 22 Dec 2011)
Available through Cambridge books online SHEDL trial from 9th January 2012 to 9th July 2012
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject European federation.
Nationalism -- Europe
Political culture -- Europe
Civilization
Ethnic relations
European federation
Nationalism
Political culture
Politics and government
SUBJECT Europe -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045733
Europe -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045637
Europe -- Ethnic relations
Subject Europe
Form Electronic book
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