
European Integration
Historical Trajectories, Geopolitical Contexts
Johann P. Arnason(Editor)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 17. December 2019
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-4744-5589-3 (ISBN)
Description
To understand the current difficulties and future prospects of European integration, multiple perspectives are required. The essays in this collection explore historical and geopolitical aspects of European integration and their relevance to interpretations of the current climate. They also examine the different regional dynamics of integration and the attitudes that result from those experiences, including in the European peripheries that are so often overshadowed by the dominant centres. In drawing all of these perspectives together, the collection allows the reader to assess the EU's current crisis in context.
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This is one of the best books on the interaction of civilizational history with contemporary political crisis in Europe, and will be read by scholars who read the best books on their subjects. * Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-5589-3 (9781474455893)
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Person
Johann P. Arnason is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, and Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Human Studies at Charles University, Prague. He taught sociology in Heidelberg and Bielefeld from 1972 to 1975, and at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, from 1975 to 2003. He has been a visiting professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and at the University of Leipzig, and a research fellow of the Alexander v. Humboldt-Stiftung, the Swedish Institute of Advanced Studies, the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut (Essen), the Lichtenberg-Kolleg in Goettingen and the Max-Weber-Kolleg in Erfurt. His research interests centre on social theory and historical sociology, with particular emphasis on the comparative analysis of civilizations.
Content
1.Introduction: Perspectives on European Unity and DiversityJohann P. Arnason
2. Europe as a Civilisation and the Hidden Structure of ModernityToby E. Huff
3. To Hell and Beyond: The European Civilisational Crisis of the Twentieth CenturyJohann P. Arnason
4. The Fall of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Crisis of Contemporary EuropeHelmut Kuzmics
5. Europe in Crisis: The History, the Players and the StakesDennis Smith
6. Constitutionalism, Judicialisation and Human Rights in the Integration of European SocietyPaul Blokker
7. Islam and the European Crisis: Reciprocal Discrimination and Co-RadicalisationNatalie J. Doyle
8. Central and Eastern Europe: The New Core or the Periphery of EuropeIreneusz Pawel Karolewski
9. Scandinavia Within and Without EuropeBo Strath
10. Conceit and Deceit in the European Union: Imaginaries of Europe and a Pan-Eurasian AlternativeChris Hann
2. Europe as a Civilisation and the Hidden Structure of ModernityToby E. Huff
3. To Hell and Beyond: The European Civilisational Crisis of the Twentieth CenturyJohann P. Arnason
4. The Fall of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Crisis of Contemporary EuropeHelmut Kuzmics
5. Europe in Crisis: The History, the Players and the StakesDennis Smith
6. Constitutionalism, Judicialisation and Human Rights in the Integration of European SocietyPaul Blokker
7. Islam and the European Crisis: Reciprocal Discrimination and Co-RadicalisationNatalie J. Doyle
8. Central and Eastern Europe: The New Core or the Periphery of EuropeIreneusz Pawel Karolewski
9. Scandinavia Within and Without EuropeBo Strath
10. Conceit and Deceit in the European Union: Imaginaries of Europe and a Pan-Eurasian AlternativeChris Hann