Europe History, Ideas and Ideologies

by Guerrina, Roberta

• ISBN13: 9780340763704
• ISBN10: 0340763701
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-16
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

What is Europe? Who is European? And how is the very idea of Europe created? Looking at its past, present and future, this interdisciplinary book provides a comprehensive introduction to Europe. It discusses the key issues in European politics, culture and society, and provides a historical overview of the creation of the idea of Europe, with particular attention to the process of European integration. Section one examines the historical roots of Europe, from its Graeco-Roman heritage and Christian traditions, to the creation of the European Union. Section two looks at key ideas such as political integration, the common market, and issues of European citizenship. Section three focuses on the concept of European identity, and discusses issues of ethnicity and gender, while Section four concludes with a discussion of issues of justice, human rights, and the role of European courts.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction: constructing Europe and defining the idea of Europe	1	(1)
It's all in the name	2	(1)
Europe: a multiplicity of interpretations	3	(1)
The geographical location of Europe	4	(1)
Key issues addressed in this book	5	(1)
The book's structure	6	(3)
Conclusion	9	(1)
Points to ponder	9	(3)
SECTION 1 HISTORICAL ROOTS
Introduction	12	(1)
The Graeco-Roman heritage and the Christian heritage	13	(16)
The Greek heritage: politics, philosophy and exclusion	14	(5)
The Roman heritage: politics and military might	19	(4)
The Judaeo-Christian tradition and the Holy	23	(4)
Roman Empire
Conclusion	27	(1)
Revision questions	28	(1)
Recommended reading	28	(1)
Europe of nation-states: imperialism, colonialism and the Enlightenment	29	(16)
The Reformation: the end of a unified European Christendom (1517--1520)	30	(2)
The birth of secular Europe	32	(2)
Europe and modernity: Enlightenment and civilisation	34	(4)
The ascent of the nation: nationalism and state rivalries	38	(2)
Colonialism and the creation of the `black Other'	40	(3)
Conclusion	43	(1)
Revision questions	43	(1)
Recommended reading	44	(1)
European integration: the dawn of a new Europe	45	(18)
Warring nations and European unification	46	(1)
Europe and the two world wars	47	(4)
Europe and the Cold War	51	(1)
European integration: security, cooperation and stability	52	(2)
The onset of European cooperation	54	(5)
Europe's Other in the late twentieth century	59	(1)
Conclusion	60	(1)
Revision questions	61	(1)
Recommended reading	62	(1)
The importance of history in constructing the idea of Europe	63	(22)
Introduction: creating the Other, establishing the Self	63	(1)
Historical trends and the idea of Europe	64	(3)
Europe of nations: the nation-state, the Enlightenment and modernity	67	(4)
Conflict and disunity: the legacy of two world wars	71	(2)
Convergence, integration and common culture: contemporary ideas of Europe	73	(3)
Historical roots and the future of the continent	76	(2)
Conclusion	78	(2)
Revision questions	80	(1)
Recommended reading	80	(4)
SECTION 2 CONTEMPORARY IDEAS OF EUROPE
Introduction	84	(1)
Political Europe	85	(17)
Initiating the process of political cooperation in Europe: a review of the Marshall Plan/Marshall Aid	86	(1)
Political cooperation and security	87	(1)
Security and cooperation in the new Europe: the OSCE	88	(1)
Political Europe: supranationalism and intergovernmentalism	89	(1)
The EU and the process of European integration: political Europe between supranationalism and intergovernmentalism	90	(5)
Intergovernmental Europe: the Council of Europe	95	(4)
Conclusion: political Europe between intergovernmentalism and supranationalism	99	(1)
Revision questions	100	(1)
Recommended reading	101	(1)
Economic Europe	102	(13)
The Single Market: the EU as economic idea of Europe	103	(5)
Free trade: EFTA and the EEA as economic ideas of Europe	108	(4)
Conclusion	112	(2)
Revision questions	114	(1)
Recommended reading	114	(1)
Social Europe, cultural Europe	115	(20)
Culture and society: defining the terms of the debate	116	(1)
The impact of the historical legacy on social Europe: some general considerations	117	(1)
European social spaces	118	(8)
Images of social Europe	126	(4)
Conclusion	130	(1)
Revision questions	131	(1)
Recommended reading	131	(3)
SECTION 3 IDENTITIES AND IDEOLOGIES
Introduction	134	(1)
Multiple European identities	135	(19)
Social and cultural identity	135	(10)
How many identities?	145	(6)
Conclusion: multiple Europes, multiple Selves?	151	(1)
Revision questions	152	(1)
Recommended reading	153	(1)
Inclusions and exclusions	154	(20)
Introduction: patterns of inclusion and exclusion in contemporary Europe	154	(1)
Social structures and social dynamics: the process of internal exclusion	155	(7)
Migratory trends in Europe: new forms of exclusion?	162	(6)
Fortress Europe (external exclusion)	168	(4)
Conclusion	172	(1)
Revision questions	173	(1)
Recommended reading	173	(1)
European identity	174	(25)
Contemporary discourses on European identity	174	(8)
European identity and European integration	182	(7)
Europeanness and national identity	189	(7)
Conclusion	196	(1)
Revision questions	197	(1)
Recommended reading	198	(1)
Conclusion	199	(4)
Glossary	203	(5)
Bibliography	208	(11)
Index	219