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Imagining Europe as a Global Player: The Ideological Construction of a New European Identity within the EU: 46 New Edition
Author(s): Christoffer Kolvraa (Author), Bo Strath (Series Editor), Hagen Schulz-Forberg (Series Editor)
- Publisher: Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes
- Publication Date: 7 Feb. 2012
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 268 pages
- ISBN-10: 9052017921
- ISBN-13: 9789052017921
Book Description
This book argues that since 2001 the primary discursive context for articulating a European identity within the EU has increasingly become the idea of a common foreign policy for Europe. A new grand project of making Europe a true global player is being put forth and it is this as yet unrealised ideal that European citizens are now being asked to identify with.
The author examines European identity as an ideological construction that seeks to elicit emotional and affective attachment to the political project of realising a utopian ideal. He unravels the discourses involved in the construction of European identity by drawing on theories and methods from discourse analysis, the study of political myths, narratology and psychoanalysis. The European Neighbourhood Policy is studied in detail, with a focus on the dynamic challenges that ensue when grand ideological statements have to be implemented in a concrete and specific context.
The author examines European identity as an ideological construction that seeks to elicit emotional and affective attachment to the political project of realising a utopian ideal. He unravels the discourses involved in the construction of European identity by drawing on theories and methods from discourse analysis, the study of political myths, narratology and psychoanalysis. The European Neighbourhood Policy is studied in detail, with a focus on the dynamic challenges that ensue when grand ideological statements have to be implemented in a concrete and specific context.
Editorial Reviews
Review
« […] the book should be read by anyone seeking to make use of contemporary conceptions of ideology outside of well-trodden paths […].»
(Patrice Wangen, Journal of Common Market Studies 53/5 2015)
(Patrice Wangen, Journal of Common Market Studies 53/5 2015)
About the Author
Christoffer Kølvraa is Associate Professor at the Institute for History and Area Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark.
