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1 online resource |
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List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction -- Ideals, Identity and War: the Idea of Europe, 1939-70; M. Wintle -- PART I: WORLD WAR II, EUROPE AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- Human Rights and European Identity since World War II: Vergangenheitsbew̃ltigung through Law; H. Porsdam -- Before Integration: Human Rights and Post-war Europe; H. Schulz-Forberg -- From War Talk to Rights Talk: Exile Politics, Human Rights, and the Two World Wars ; J. Winter -- PART II: REFLECTIONS: NARRATIVES OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION AND WORLD WAR II -- Myth and History in European Post-War History Writing; J. Ifversen -- From Nazi Legacy to Cold War: British Perceptions of European Identity, 1945-5; W. Webster -- The Nordic Way Out: Europe in Danish Literature after the Second World War ; H.van der Liet -- 'Europe is the Country of the Spirit': Albert Camus and Europeanism in France, 1944-47; M.van Montfrans -- PART III: VISIONS: PLANS FOR A NEW EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR II -- The Ventotene Manifesto: the Crisis of the Nation State and the Political Identity of Europe; M.D'Auria -- Max Kohnstamm's New Europe; A.van Heerikhuizen -- Atoms for Europe; M. Spiering -- Before Self-Reflexivity: Imperialism and Colonialism in the Early Discourses of European Integration; W. Schmale -- PART IV: SHOAH, WAR AND EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION -- Holocaust Literature and the Shaping of European Identity after the Second World War: the Case of Jorge Sempr︢n; K-M. Simonsen -- Goodbye to All That? Jewish Views of Europe after 1945; I. Zwiep -- Language out of Darkness: George Steiner Speaking the Unspeakable; R.G. Soeiro -- Index |
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Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction -- Ideals, Identity and War: the Idea of Europe, 1939-70; M. Wintle -- PART I: WORLD WAR II, EUROPE AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- Human Rights and European Identity since World War II: Vergangenheitsbewa;ltigung through Law; H. Porsdam -- Before Integration: Human Rights and Post-war Europe; H. Schulz-Forberg -- From War Talk to Rights Talk: Exile Politics, Human Rights, and the Two World Wars ; J. Winter -- PART II: REFLECTIONS: NARRATIVES OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION AND WORLD WAR II -- Myth and History in European Post-War History Writing; J. Ifversen -- From Nazi Legacy to Cold War: British Perceptions of European Identity, 1945-5; W. Webster -- The Nordic Way Out: Europe in Danish Literature after the Second World War ; H.van der Liet -- 'Europe is the Country of the Spirit': Albert Camus and Europeanism in France, 1944-47; M.van Montfrans -- PART III: VISIONS: PLANS FOR A NEW EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR II -- The Ventotene Manifesto: the Crisis of the Nation State and the Political Identity of Europe; M.D'Auria -- Max Kohnstamm's New Europe; A.van Heerikhuizen -- Atoms for Europe; M. Spiering -- Before Self-Reflexivity: Imperialism and Colonialism in the Early Discourses of European Integration; W. Schmale -- PART IV: SHOAH, WAR AND EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION -- Holocaust Literature and the Shaping of European Identity after the Second World War: the Case of Jorge Semprún; K-M. Simonsen -- Goodbye to All That? Jewish Views of Europe after 1945; I. Zwiep -- Language out of Darkness: George Steiner Speaking the Unspeakable; R.G. Soeiro -- Index |
| Summary |
This book has two concepts at its centre: Europe, and the Second World War. Both are constantly changing in the public perception, when 'Europe' is an even more contested idea than it has ever been, struggling with the consequences of enlargement to the east, and with the confrontation with its 'others' in various forms. This collection of essays informs the current discourse about European identity, by means of a targeted analysis of Europe's reaction to the tragedy, heroism and disgrace of the Second World War: for it is in that post-war period that lie many of the origins of our current attitudes to and about the continent. But European identity is not only about European integration. What have been the perceived essential characteristics of Europeans, what have been the European values, what has 'European civilization' consisted of? These ideas, positive and negative, about what it meant to be European in the aftermath of World War II, come to light in this book |
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"The two concepts at the centre of this book: Europe, and the Second World War, are constantly changing in public perception. Now that 'Europe' is an even more contested idea than ever, this volume informs the current discourse on European identity by analysing Europe's reaction to the tragedy, heroism and disgrace of the Second World War"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index |
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Print version record |
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European cooperation -- History
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Europe
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.
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National characteristics, European.
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War and society -- Europe
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Group identity -- Europe
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Human rights -- Europe
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
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European history -- Second World War, 1939-1945 -- Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000 -- Europe.
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 -- Second World War, 1939-1945 -- Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000 -- Europe.
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Second World War -- Second World War, 1939-1945 -- Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000 -- Europe.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 21st Century.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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History.
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Civilization.
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European cooperation.
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Group identity.
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Human rights.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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National characteristics, European.
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Social aspects.
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War and society.
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Europe -- Civilization -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045641
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| Subject |
Europe.
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History.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Wintle, Michael J.
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Spiering, M. (Menno)
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| ISBN |
9780230306943 |
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0230306942 |
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1283097214 |
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9781283097215 |
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