Based on empirical research, this book closely analyses how
European identities are discursively produced. It focuses on
discourse from members of a civic association active in promoting
democracy and attempting participation in the transnational public
sphere. Unlike previous books that have addressed the question of
European identity from top-down stances or through methodological
nationalism, this book engages with the multifaceted concept of
transnationalism as a key to the negotiation of 'glocal'
identities. Applying a discourse historical approach (DHA) through
a transnational reading, it shows how grassroots actors/speakers
construct their different cultural and political affiliations as
both world and European citizens. They negotiate institutional
identities and historical discourses of nationhood through new
forms of mobility, cultural diversity and the imagination of Europe
as a proxy for a cosmopolitan civil society. These discourses are
ever more important in a fractured and polarised Europe falling
prey to contrary discourses of nationhood and ethnic solidarity.
Highlighting how transnational narratives of solidarity and the
de-territorialisation of civic participation can impact on the
(re)imagination of the European community beyond tropes like
'Fortress Europe' or intragovernmental politics, this important
book shows how identification processes must be read through
historical and global as well as localised contexts.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
