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Author Salgó, Eszter, author.

Title Images from paradise : the visual communication of the European Union's federalist utopia / Eszter Salgó
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (239 pages)
Contents Need for a paradise dream -- Manifestations of Eurofederalists' paradise dream -- The tale of seductive Europa -- Welcome to the center of the European mandala! -- Europa's sacred gaze -- The European Central Bank's story of abundance: in between sacred rituals and political marketing -- The promise of European rituals -- "Rise like a phoenix": a new anthem for (federal) Europe -- The 2014 elections of the European Parliament: preparing for a European carnival
Summary Drawing upon the disciplines of politics, anthropology, psychoanalysis, aesthetics and cinema studies, Salgo presents a new way of looking at the "art of European unification" and to highlight the mythical sources of the federalist project. The visual narratives constitute the main object of inquiry - the iconography of the new "Europa" series of euro banknotes and the videos launched by the European Commission, the European Parliament and by the European Central Bank, through which the supranational elite seek to generate "collective effervescence," allow for a European carnival to take place, and prompt citizens to pledge allegiance to the sacred dogma of the "ever closer union," thereby strengthening the organization's legitimacy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 04, 2022)
Subject European Union -- Marketing
SUBJECT European Union fast
Subject Visual communication -- Political aspects -- European Union countries
LAW -- International.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Marketing
Visual communication -- Political aspects
European Union countries
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017032605
ISBN 9781785336195
1785336193