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Europe and empire : on the political forms of globalization / Massimo Cacciari ; edited by Alessandro Carrera ; translated by Massimo Verdicchio.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cacciari, Massimo, author.
- Series:
- Commonalities
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- European federation.
- Globalization.
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Europe.
- Politics and government.
- Globalization--Europe.
- European cooperation.
- Europe--Ethnic relations.
- Ethnic relations.
- Religion and state--Europe.
- Religion and state.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 199 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- "The European Union and the single currency have given Europe more stability than it has known in the past thousand years, yet Europe seems to be in perpetual crisis about its global role. The many European empires are now reduced to a multiplicity of ethnicities, traditions, and civilizations. Europe will never be One, but to survive as a union it will have to become a federation of 'islands' both distinct and connected. Though drawing on philosophers of Europe's past, Cacciari calls not to resist Europe's sunset but to embrace it. Europe will have to open up to the possibility that in few generations new exiles and an unpredictable cultural hybridism will again change all we know about the European legacy. Though scarcely alive in today's politics, the political unity of Europe is still a necessity, however impossible it seems to achieve"-- Provided by publisher.
- "Assesses the current situation of Europe ten years after the adoption of the single currency. Examines the genealogy of the idea of Europe from the Greek confrontation with the Asia to the conflict between the Roman Empire and Christianity. Discusses the role of secularization in the shaping of modern Europe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Massimo Cacciari's genealogy of Europe / Alessandro Carrera
- PART I. THINKING EUROPE. Thinking Europe
- Europeanism
- Two German speeches : the "second thought", the language of Europe
- Europe or philosophy
- Europe or Christianity
- PART II. THE IDEA OF EMPIRE. What is empire?
- The myth of the growing city
- Digressions on empire and the three Romes
- More on the idea of empire
- Empire and Katechon : a question of political theology (from Paul, 2 Thessalonians 2)
- ADDENDA. The Europe of María Zambrano
- We cannot only call ourselves Judeo-Christians
- A conversation with Jacques Le Goff.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Italian.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780823267163
- 0823267164
- 9780823267170
- 0823267172
- OCLC:
- 909326347
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