The Meaning of Europe First Edition by Mikael Af Malmborg, Bo Strath ISBN 1859735762 978-1859735763

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ISBN 10: 1859735762 

ISBN 13: 978-1859735763

Author: Mikael af Malmborg, Bo Stråth

Mention the word Europe in today’s society and you are greeted with a range of responses, from impassioned debate, to scepticism and outright hostility. Yet long before the emergence of the modern European Union, the concept of Europe played a vital role in the creation of national identity. This book considers the wealth of contemporary and historical attitudes towards Europe and how these vary both within and between nation-states. Why are some countries ‘Europhiles’ whilst others are ‘Europhobic’? How has Europe alternately been perceived as a threat to local culture and identity or as the core of nation-building? Why are individual responses to Europe so diverse? Comparing and contrasting experiences from twelve very different countries, the authors explore the multitude of ways in which established national discourses are reconciled with an emerging identity within the EU. In doing so, this book makes an important contribution to what has proved to be one of the most controversial and heated debates of our time.

Table of contents:

1. The Irony of Symbolic Reciprocities – The Greek Meaning of ‘Europe’ as a Historical Inversion of the European Meaning of ‘Greece’
2. The Dual Appeal of ‘Europe’ in Italy
3. ‘Europeanism’ versus ‘Africanism’: ‘Europe’ as a Symbol of Modernity and Democratic Renewal in Spain
4. Us or Them? The Meaning of Europe in British Political Discourse
5. The Swedish Image of a Mission Civilisatrice and the Demarcation to Europe
6. On the Brink or In-between? The Conception of Europe in Finnish Identity
7. Europe’s Eastern Outpost? The Meanings of ‘Europe’ in Baltic Discourses
8. USSR to Gorbachev to Putin: Perestroika as a Failed Excursion from ‘the West’ to ‘Europe’ in Russian Discourse
9. The Complex of an Unwanted Child: The Meanings of Europe in Polish Discourse
10. The Czech Discourse on Europe, 1848-1948
11. A.E.I.O.U. – Austria Europae Imago, Onus, Unio?
12. Continuities and Changes of Europe in German National Identity
13. The Meanings of Europe in French National Discourse: A French Europe or an Europeanized France?

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