European Stories

• Contents


• Acknowledgments


• List of contributors


• European Stories: An Introduction


• Part I: Themes


• 1: Francis Cheneval: Lost in Universalization? On the Difficulty of Localizing the European Intellectual


• 2: Ulrike Liebert: Contentious European Democracy: National Intellectuals in Transnational Debates


• 3: Michael Freeden: On European and Other Intellectuals


• Part II: Founders


• 4: Jan-Werner Muller: In the Shadows of Statism: Peculiarities of the German Debates on European Integration


• 5: Justine Lacroix: 'Borderline Europe' : French Visions of the European Union


• 6: Mario Telò: Italy and the idea of Europe


• Part III: Joiners


• 7: Georgios Varouxakis: Mid-Atlantic Musings : The 'Question of Europe' in British Intellectual Debate 1961-2008


• 8: Katy Hayward: European Stories as National Narratives : Irish Intellectuals on Europe


• 9: Georges Pagoulatos and Xenophon Yataganas: Europe Othered, Europe Enlisted, Europe Possessed: Greek Public Intellectuals and the European Union


• 10: Carlos Closa and Antonio Barroso: Consensus, Benign Neglect and Specialised Knowledge : Spanish Intellectuals and Europe


• Part IV: Returners


• 11: Zdzislaw Mach and Magdalena Gora: Between Old Fears and New Challenges. The Polish Debate about Europe


• 12: Daniel Barbu: The Geopolitics of the European Spirit in Post-secular Romania


• 13: Muriel Blaive and Nicolas Maslowski: The World of the Two Vaclavs: European Minded vs. National(ist) Intellectuals in Czechia.


• Part V: Outliers


• 14: John Erik Fossum and Cathrin Holst: Progressive Nationalism? Norwegian Intellectuals and Europe

Justine Lacroix is the author of Michaël Walzer. Le pluralisme et l'universel (2001), Communautarisme versus libéralisme. Quel modèle d'intégration politique? (2003) ; L'Europe en procès. Quel patriotisme au-delà des nationalismes? (2004) and La pensée française à l'épreuve de l'Europe (2008). Her publications appear in numerous journals including Political Studies, European Journal of Political Theory, Politics, European Political Science, Critique, Raison publqiue, Politique européenne, Ethique publique. She is Professor of Politics at Université libre de Bruxelles.

Kalypso Nicolaïdis is a member of the EU reflection group on the Future of Europe (2020-2030) chaired by Felipe Gonzales. She was associate professor at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and has also held visiting professorships around Europe. Her publications appear in numerous journals including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Journal of Common Market Studies, Politique Etrangere, and Raison Publique. Her books include The Federal Vision (OUP), In the Long Shadow of Europe (Brill); and Mediterranean Frontiers: Borders, Memory and Conflict in a Transnational Era (IB Tauris).

European Stories is an ambitious, erudite and eloquent contribution to an emerging field of scholarly inquiry and intellectual debate that seeks to bridge the polyphony of European narratives in a comparative perspective and across academic disciplines. Such a sweeping survey deserves congratulations for their initiators because they think big, outside the box and are aiming high. Jens Bastian, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies This is a brilliant book. It's highly instructive chapters on how issues of European unification have been discussed from different aspects in different countries reveal in each case the strong dependence on national contexts -and the lack of mutual concern and coordination we observe in Europe even among intellectuals. Jurgen Habermas Europe has completed the circle of its 'historical project', gradually healing the wounds and making amends for the errors of its past: Nazism and the Second World War, dictatorships in its Southern countries, Communist control of the East. Europe's great challenge now is to piece together a new identity, to arrive at a shared idea of Europe that is still missing. The volume edited by Justine Lacroix and Kalypso Nicolaidis is an invaluable contribution to moving this process forward. I urge Europeans across the continent to read and debate it. Pierre Rosanvallon, College de France The European Union is one of the most mind-boggling political phenomena of our times. All over Europe, public intellectuals have slowly been rising to the challenge of assessing its significance and arguing about its future. But most of the time in their own impenetrable national bubbles. Thanks to an impressive pan-European team, this unusual volume enables us to peep through the opaque walls that separate national debates. Whether you are looking for similarities or for differences, be prepared for many suprises Philippe Van Parijs, Universite Catholique de Louvain and Harvard University This is a remarkable attempt to