The Shape of the New Europe
The European Union and European identity were until recently the objects of separate branches of scholarship and inquiry. With the entry of Central and Eastern European members into the EU, it has become clear that the future of the European Union can no longer be considered in isolation from the future of European identity. Taking Jürgen Habermas's plea for a European constitution and a normative foundation for the European Union as its starting point, this volume brings together the ideas of distinguished scholars in philosophy, political science, sociology, history, law and theology in order to address the shifting relationship between constitutionality, political culture, history and collective identity. The book argues that the future shape of Europe will not only result from external processes of globalisation but from the interaction between these social spheres within Europe.
- A valuable reference for future discussions and debates of Europe
- Brings together distinguished scholars, notably Jurgen Habermas, from a range of scholarly disciplines to provide a unique range of perspectives on Europe
- Both topical and scholarly
Product details
November 2006Paperback
9780521601085
214 pages
228 × 152 × 13 mm
0.36kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Europe: law, politics, history, culture Ralf Rogowski and Charles Turner
- Part I. Constitutionality and Political Participation:
- 2. Why Europe needs a constitution Jürgen Habermas
- 3. Why constitutionalise the European Union? Philippe Schmitter
- Part II. European Polity and European Civil Society:
- 4. European political modernity Heidrun Friese and Peter Wagner
- 5. Civil society in Europe William Outhwaite
- Part III. European History and European Culture:
- 6. L'Europe des patries, or megalomania breeds ruritanians John A. Hall
- 7. Europe becoming: the civilisational consequences of enlargement Gerard Delanty
- 8. Gaea and Europa: religion and legitimation crisis in the New Europe Richard Roberts
- 9. A postnational council of isles? The British-Irish conflict reconsidered Richard Kearney
- Part IV. Europe and the World:
- 10. Unified or open? The European alternative Ralf Dahrendorf.