Format:
1 online resource (353 pages)
ISBN:
9780804785587
Series Statement:
Cultural Memory in the Present Ser.
Content:
The concept of the universal was born in the lands we now call Europe, yet it is precisely the universal that is Europe's undoing. All European politics is caught in a tension: to assert a European identity is to be open to multiplicity, but this very openness could dissolve Europe as such. This book reflects on Europe and its changing boundaries over the span of twenty centuries. A work of philosophy, it consistently draws on concrete events. From ancient Greece and Rome, to Christianity, to the Reformation, to the national revolutions of the twentieth century, what we today call "Europe" has been a succession of projects in the name of ecclesia or community. Empire, Church, and EU: all have been constructed in contrast to an Oriental "other." The stakes of Europe, then, are as much metaphysical as political. Redefining a series of key concepts such as world, place, transportation, and the common, this book sheds light on Europe as process by engaging with the most significant philosophical debates on the subject, including the work of Marx, Husserl, Heidegger, Patocka, and Nancy.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Translator's Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. On Beginning -- Part I. Europe Crossways -- 2. On the Figure -- 3. Other Names -- 4. The Holy Roman Empire -- 5. Straits -- 6. On Transport -- 7. What Is an Island? -- 8. On Thinking -- 9. Orient -- Part II. On National Revolution -- 10. France-Germany -- 11. On the Kingdom -- 12. Religions -- 13. Surrection -- 14. Nation -- 15. On Germany -- 16. Looping Back -- 17. A Hypothesis for the Twentieth Century? -- Part III. Transports of Origin -- 18. Loads -- 19. On Beingness -- 20. Places -- 21. Exodus -- 22. Absent from the World -- 23. Black Stone -- Part IV. No Returns -- 24. Capital -- 25. Images -- 26. Value -- 27. Becoming -- 28. On Experience -- 29. . . . -- Notes -- Works Cited.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804773850
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804773850
Language:
English
Keywords:
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