Europe is Europe's last remaining realistic political utopia. But
Europe remains to be understood and conceptualised. This
historically unique form of inter-state community resists the
traditional categories and concepts of the nation-state. Hence
cosmopolitan Europe can only be disclosed through a radical
self-criticism of conventional concepts of politics and the state
which remain trapped in the straightjacket of methodological
nationalism. Just as the Peace of Westphalia brought the religious
civil wars of the 17th century to an end through the separation of
Church and State, so too the separation of State and Nation can be
the response to the horror of the 20th century. And just as the
secular state make possible the exercise of different religions,
cosmopolitan Europe must ensure the coexistence of different
ethnic, religious and political forms of life across national
borders on the basis of the principle of constitutional toleration.
Nothing less than rethinking Europe is the task the authors have
set themselves in this book. It represents an attempt to grasp
Europeanization in light of the theory of reflexive modernisation
and thereby to redefine it theoretically and politically. This book
completes Ulrich Beck's trilogy on 'cosmopolitan realism', whose
volumes complement each other and can be read independently. The
Cosmopolitan Vision develops the theoretical perspective which in
Power in the Global Age is applied to key issues concerning the
postnational legitimation of political power and, finally, in
Cosmopolitan Europe, is tested against a special case, the unknown
Europe in which we live.
General
Imprint: |
Polity Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2007 |
Authors: |
U Beck
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Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
328 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7456-3563-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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LSN: |
0-7456-3563-6 |
Barcode: |
9780745635637 |
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