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Title:

Europe beyond universalism and particularism / edited by Susanna Lindberg, professor of Philosophy, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere, Finland, Mika Ojakangas, professor of Political Thought, Rhetoric, and Culture, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyv©Þskyl©Þ, Finland and Sergei Prozorov, university lecturer in World Politics and Academy of Finland Research Fellow, Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

x, 194 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Multiculturalism--Europe.
Cultural pluralism--Europe.
Political science--Europe--Philosophy.

Other Authors:

Lindberg, Susanna, editor of compilation. editor of compilation.
Ojakangas, Mika, editor of compilation. editor of compilation.
Prozorov, Sergei. editor of compilation. editor of compilation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Imagining Europe as Open Spaces / Ari Hirvonen. 8. The Idea of Europe: 1. European Political Universalism: A Very Short History / Mika Ojakangas; 2. Is 'Europe' an Idea in the Kantian Sense? / Rodolphe Gasch©♭; 3. The Particular Universal: Europe in Modern Philosophies of History / Timo Miettinen; 4. Different Ways to Europe: Habermas and Derrida / Matthias Flatscher -- Part II. Beyond European Identity: 5. Unhomely Europe / Susanna Lindberg; 6. Christian Europe: Borders and Boundaries of a Mythological Conception / Jayne Svenungsson; 7. What is the Other of Europe? / Sergei Prozorov; 8. Imagining Europe as Open Spaces / Ari Hirvonen.

Summary:

"Bringing together an international group of philosophers as well as political and IR international relations theorists, this collection mobilizes the insights of modern philosophy and the lessons of contemporary politics to develop a new concept of universalism that would be adequate to European politics in the context of globalization and multiculturalism. Europe is reinterpreted as a 'singular universal',- not a model that could be a source of identification, but rather a hypothetical, regulative, or virtual principle that consists in perpetual self-transgression and openness towards the other. The chapters in this volume elaborate this principle by critically re-engaging with the history of European universalism and addressing its contemporary functioning in the politics of European integration and European foreign policy. As a study in the conceptual foundations of contemporary European politics, this book will be of interest to a wide readership interested in global politics and international relations. "-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1137361816 (hardback)
9781137361813 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)870896421

LCCN:

2014022904

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)