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Visions for Europe : debating the future of the European Union with great political thinkers / João Labareda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Labareda, João, author.
- Series:
- European Politics Series
- European Politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European Union.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Philosophers--Europe--Influence.
- Philosophers.
- European Union countries--Economic conditions.
- European Union countries.
- European Union countries--Politics and government--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Debating the future of the European Union with great political thinkers
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2026.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Biography/History:
- João Labareda is the coordinator of the European Innovation Ecosystems work programme at the European Commission
- Summary:
- This book offers a fresh look at some of the most challenging dilemmas of European integration and proposes innovative solutions to them by building on perspectives and insights from twelve classical authors in the history of political thought.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright information
- Contents
- Introduction: Debating the future of Europe with great political thinkers
- Engaging with canons
- Regarding method
- An overview of the book
- Notes
- Chapter 1: Plato: does Europe need a philosopher-king?
- A dilemma at the heart of European integration
- Plato's ideal of philosopher kings
- Towards an open EU administration
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2: Aristotle: civic friendship in the European Union
- Can Europeans be friends?
- Reconstructing Aristotle's concept of civic friendship
- Reimagining the EU community
- Chapter 3: Augustine of Hippo: mustEuropeans be pessimistic?
- The rise of Europessimism
- Augustine's political realism
- Augustinianism in the European Union
- Towards political hope
- Chapter 4: Niccolò Machiavelli: in searchof a European prince
- A deficit of political agency in the EU
- Machiavelli's prince
- Who could be the European Prince?
- Political parties at the EU level: the new European princes?
- Chapter 5: Thomas Hobbes: making the European social contract work
- The challenge of making EU citizens
- Thomas Hobbes's transformative social contract
- Towards transformative EU citizenship
- Chapter 6: Jean-Jacques Rousseau: can EUcitizens form a general will?
- In search of a European public sphere
- Rousseau on the conditions for general will formation
- Strengthening the European public sphere
- Chapter 7: Immanuel Kant: can the EuropeanUnion ensure perpetual peace?
- The challenge of peace in Europe
- Kant's plan for perpetual peace
- What could prevent Europeans from fighting?
- Towards cosmopolitan education
- What if peaceful states are forced into war?
- Conclusion.
- Notes
- Chapter 8: Mary Wollstonecraft: enhancing politicalequality in the European Union
- The challenge of achieving political equality in the EU polity
- Wollstonecraft on the feasibility of political equality
- Reducing political inequality in the EU
- Chapter 9: Karl Marx: class struggles in the European Union
- Clashing perceptions of EU integration
- A Marxist perspective on class struggles
- Empowering EU workers to shape globalisation
- Chapter 10: Hannah Arendt: tackling the banalisation of evil by Europe's far right
- The extreme right in Europe: a new normal
- On the banality of evil
- Towards a militant democracy in the EU
- Chapter 11: John Rawls: public reasons for European integration
- The EU requires a new public narrative
- Rawls on public reason
- Building an EU narrative about fighting inequality
- Chapter 12: bell hooks: undoing Europe's interlocking systems of domination
- A forgotten side of European integration
- bell hooks on interlocking systems of domination
- Towards a decolonised global order
- Building a fair international trade system
- Recasting European immigration policies
- Reforming the global institutional framework
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
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- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-9392-2
- 1-5261-9394-9
- OCLC:
- 1579001930
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