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The narration of Europe in 'national' and 'post-national' terms: gauging the gap between normative discourses and people's views
Among scholars and intellectuals, Europe is often celebrated as a post-national space, i.e. a space built around cosmopolitan values rather than culturally and/or ethnically specific factors. This view is also often sketched in normative terms, being rarely based on what people actually think of thi...
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| description | Among scholars and intellectuals, Europe is often celebrated as a post-national space, i.e. a space built around cosmopolitan values rather than culturally and/or ethnically specific factors. This view is also often sketched in normative terms, being rarely based on what people actually think of this post-national Europe. The present article essays to fill this gap, by focusing on two post-national questions: is European identity constructed in the absence of an Other? Does Europe stand for the separation of the ‘cultural’ from the ‘political’? Relying on qualitative information collected in four regional case studies in Western Europe, this article maintains that the ‘post-national’ view finds expression also among people. Yet, it coexists with a ‘national’ view, which continues to shape how people see themselves and the world, Europe included. The paper argues that it is exactly in the interaction, at times contradictory, between these two views that the normative idea of Europe as a post-national space should be analyzed. |
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| spelling | rr-article-94815472008-01-01T00:00:00Z The narration of Europe in 'national' and 'post-national' terms: gauging the gap between normative discourses and people's views Marco Antonsich (1251417) Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified Sociology not elsewhere classified Philosophy not elsewhere classified European identity Demos Habermas Post-national Cosmopolitan Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Philosophy Sociology Among scholars and intellectuals, Europe is often celebrated as a post-national space, i.e. a space built around cosmopolitan values rather than culturally and/or ethnically specific factors. This view is also often sketched in normative terms, being rarely based on what people actually think of this post-national Europe. The present article essays to fill this gap, by focusing on two post-national questions: is European identity constructed in the absence of an Other? Does Europe stand for the separation of the ‘cultural’ from the ‘political’? Relying on qualitative information collected in four regional case studies in Western Europe, this article maintains that the ‘post-national’ view finds expression also among people. Yet, it coexists with a ‘national’ view, which continues to shape how people see themselves and the world, Europe included. The paper argues that it is exactly in the interaction, at times contradictory, between these two views that the normative idea of Europe as a post-national space should be analyzed. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/16123 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_narration_of_Europe_in_national_and_post-national_terms_gauging_the_gap_between_normative_discourses_and_people_s_views/9481547 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified Sociology not elsewhere classified Philosophy not elsewhere classified European identity Demos Habermas Post-national Cosmopolitan Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Philosophy Sociology Marco Antonsich The narration of Europe in 'national' and 'post-national' terms: gauging the gap between normative discourses and people's views |
| title | The narration of Europe in 'national' and 'post-national' terms: gauging the gap between normative discourses and people's views |
| title_full | The narration of Europe in 'national' and 'post-national' terms: gauging the gap between normative discourses and people's views |
| title_fullStr | The narration of Europe in 'national' and 'post-national' terms: gauging the gap between normative discourses and people's views |
| title_full_unstemmed | The narration of Europe in 'national' and 'post-national' terms: gauging the gap between normative discourses and people's views |
| title_short | The narration of Europe in 'national' and 'post-national' terms: gauging the gap between normative discourses and people's views |
| title_sort | narration of europe in 'national' and 'post-national' terms: gauging the gap between normative discourses and people's views |
| topic | Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified Sociology not elsewhere classified Philosophy not elsewhere classified European identity Demos Habermas Post-national Cosmopolitan Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Philosophy Sociology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/16123 |