European stories: intellectual debates on Europe in national contexts

How is the European Union framed in national intellectual debates? How is theevolving polity conceived? In answer to these questions, European Stories develops a comparison between intellectual narratives of European integration across twelve national cases in order to offer a wide range of contrasting intellectual contexts. INDICE: Contents; Acknowledgments; List of contributors; Justine Lacroix and Kalypso Nicolaïdis: European Stories: An Introduction; Part I: Themes; 1: Francis Cheneval: Lost in Universalization? On the Difficulty of Localizing the European Intellectual; 2: Ulrike Liebert: Contentious European Democracy: National Intellectuals in Transnational Debates; 3: Michael Freeden: On European and Other Intellectuals; Part II: Founders; 4: Jan-Werner Muller: In the Shadows of Statism: Peculiarities of the German Debates on European Integration;5: Justine Lacroix: 'Borderline Europe' : French Visions of the European Union; 6: Mario Telò: Italy and the idea of Europe; Part III: Joiners; 7: GeorgiosVarouxakis: Mid-Atlantic Musings : The 'Question of Europe' in British Intellectual Debate 1961-2008; 8: Katy Hayward: European Stories as National Narratives : Irish Intellectuals on Europe; 9: Georges Pagoulatos and Xenophon Yataganas: Europe Othered, Europe Enlisted, Europe Possessed: Greek Public Intellectuals and the European Union; 10: Carlos Closa and Antonio Barroso: Consensus, Benign Neglect and Specialised Knowledge : Spanish Intellectuals and Europe; Part IV: Returners; 11: Zdzislaw Mach and Magdalena Gora: Between Old Fears andNew Challenges. The Polish Debate about Europe; 12: Daniel Barbu: The Geopolitics of the European Spirit in Post-secular Romania; 13: Muriel Blaive and Nicolas Maslowski: The World of the Two Vaclavs: European Minded vs. National(ist) Intellectuals in Czechia.; Part V: Outliers; 14: John Erik Fossum and Cathrin Holst: Progressive Nationalism? Norwegian Intellectuals and Europe; 15: NoraFisher Onar and Ahmet Evin: Convergence and Resistance : the European Dilemmaof Turkish Intellectuals; Part VI: One Story or Many?; 16: Juan Diez Medrano:Europe's Political Identity: Public Sphere and Public Opinion; 17: Janie Pelabay, Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Justine Lacroix: Echoes and Polyphony. In Praise of Europe's Narrative Diversity; General Index; Author index; Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-19-959462-7
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 432
• Fecha Publicación: 11/11/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés