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This pertinent and highly original volume explores how ideas of
Europe and processes of continental political, socio-economic, and
cultural integration have been intertwined since the nineteenth
century. Applying a wider definition of Europeanization in the
sense of "becoming European", it will pay equal attention to
counter-processes of disentanglement and disintegration that have
accompanied, slowed down, or displaced such trends and
developments. By focusing on the practices, agents, and experience
of Europeanization, the volume strives to bring together the
history of ideas and the history of human actions and conduct, two
approaches that are usually treated separately in the field of
European studies.
This volume investigates competing ideas, images, and stereotypes
of a European ‘East’, exploring its role in defining European
and national conceptions of self and other since the eighteenth
century. Through a set of original case studies, this collection
explores the intersection between discourses about a more distant,
exotic, or colonial ‘Orient’ with a more immediate ‘East’.
The book considers this shifting, imaginary border from different
points of view and demonstrates that the location, definition, and
character of the ‘East’, often associated with socio-economic
backwardness and other unfavourable attributes, depended on
historical circumstances, political preferences, cultural
assumptions, and geography. Spanning two centuries, this study
analyses the ways that changing ideals and persistent clichéd
attitudes have shaped the conversation about and interpretations of
Eastern Europe. Europe and the East will be essential reading for
anyone interested in images and ideas of Europe, European identity,
and conceptions of the ‘East’ in intellectual and cultural
history.
Given the destruction and suffering caused by more than four years
of industrialised warfare and economic hardship, scholars have
tended to focus on the nationalism and hatred in the belligerent
countries, holding that it led to a fundamental rupture of any
sense of European commonality and unity. It is the central aim of
this volume to correct this view and to highlight that many
observers saw the conflict as a 'European civil war', and to
discuss what this meant for discourses about Europe. Bringing
together a remarkable range of compelling and highly original
topics, this collection explores notions, images, and ideas of
Europe in the midst of catastrophe.
Given the destruction and suffering caused by more than four years
of industrialised warfare and economic hardship, scholars have
tended to focus on the nationalism and hatred in the belligerent
countries, holding that it led to a fundamental rupture of any
sense of European commonality and unity. It is the central aim of
this volume to correct this view and to highlight that many
observers saw the conflict as a 'European civil war', and to
discuss what this meant for discourses about Europe. Bringing
together a remarkable range of compelling and highly original
topics, this collection explores notions, images, and ideas of
Europe in the midst of catastrophe.
Networking becomes more and more important. But how do you go about
it in practice? Let's Connect shows you how. These are but a few
questions answered in "Let's Connect " 1. How do I tap into the
power of my network to reach my goals faster? 2. Which steps can I
take to establish and maintain a relationship? 3. What is the best
question in networking? 4. Is it really a small world and if so,
what does that mean for me? 5. How do I prepare for a networking
event? 6. How do I start and end a conversation at an event? 7.
Which tools can I use to network more efficiently? 8. What is
online networking and how do I go about it? 9. Which follow-up
actions can I take? 10. How do I introduce two people at an event
or via e-mail?
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