An Identity for Europe The Relevance of Multiculturalism in EU Construction

by Kastoryano, Riva; Emanuel, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781403975409
• ISBN10: 140397540X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book looks at the role of multiculturalism in the complex construction of the European Union, acknowledging the tension of creating a new political space for identities that are simultaneously national, regional, linguistic, and religious, and yet strive to encompass a political and geographic whole. The author investigates the difficulty of conjugating the complex, pluralistic sense of belonging that individuals and groups in the EU experience in efforts to form a cohesive political identity, and one that is expressly European.

Author Biography

Riva Kastoryano is a Senior Research Fellow at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction "Multiculturalism": An Identity for Europe?	p. 1
The Question of Multiculturalism	p. 4
The European Political Project	p. 7
A European Public Space	p. 10
Toward a European "Multiculturalism"?	p. 15
Cultural Production of European Multiculturalism
The Practitioners of Europe	p. 27
A Homogeneous Culture?	p. 28
The Plurality of Languages	p. 32
Harmony and Differences	p. 39
Anthropological Perspectives	p. 42
Communication and Europe: From Multiculturalism to Cultural Cohabitation	p. 45
Europe and Communication at the Confluence of Three Different Problems	p. 46
The False Solution	p. 47
The Specificity of the European Problem	p. 48
Directions for Research	p. 52
Conclusion	p. 55
Against Euroculture	p. 59
A Small Historical Reminder	p. 60
European Mythology	p. 62
Critical Proposals	p. 66
Juridical Production of European Multiculturalism
Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Boundaries: Common Standards and Conflicting Values in the Protection of Human Rights in the European Legal Space	p. 73
Introduction: Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Boundaries	p. 73
Human Rights in the Union Legal Order	p. 79
Concluding Remarks	p. 97
Human Rights, Constitutionalism, and Integration: Iconography and Fetishism	p. 103
Introduction: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall- Who Is the Most Beautiful of All?	p. 103
Constitutional Patriotism: The Last Refuge of the Scoundrel?	p. 106
The Charter and the Judicial Protection of Fundamental Human Rights	p. 109
Human Rights and Integration	p. 112
The New Legal Frameworks for National Minorities in Europe	p. 115
The Limits of the Declaratory Phase	p. 116
The Ambiguities of the Normative Phase	p. 121
Conclusion	p. 127
Multiculturalism and European Law	p. 131
European Multiculturalism or Multiculturalism in Europe?	p. 134
Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on Foreigners and Its National Incorporation	p. 138
The European Union and Third Country Nationals before Maastricht (1957-1992)	p. 146
After Amsterdam: Equality Policy and Integration Guidelines (1992-2007)	p. 148
State, Nation, and Borders
The European State	p. 159
Nation, Democracy, and Identities in Europe	p. 197
The Language of Nationhood?	p. 199
Beyond the National Synthesis	p. 206
The Exhaustion of Nationhood	p. 210
The Crisis of Democracy	p. 212
Space, Culture, and Boundary: Projecting Europe Abroad	p. 221
Refusal of Empire	p. 222
From Constructing Fear of the Other to the Call to Empire	p. 223
Construction of the "Islamic Threat"	p. 225
The European Security Response	p. 227
Conclusion "Multiculturalism" and Democracy in Europe?	p. 233
Notes on Contributors	p. 239
General Index	p. 243
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