Europe and Empire: On the Political Forms of Globalization
Massimo Cacciari
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Description for Europe and Empire: On the Political Forms of Globalization
Hardback. Assesses the current situation of Europe ten years after the adoption of the single currency. Examines the genealogy of the idea of Europe from the Greek confrontation with the Asia to the conflict between the Roman Empire and Christianity. Discusses the role of secularization in the shaping of modern Europe. Editor(s): Carrera, Alessandro. Translator(s): Verdicchio, Massimo. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
The European Union and the single currency have given Europe more stability than it has known in the past thousand years, yet Europe seems to be in perpetual crisis about its global role. The many European empires are now reduced to a multiplicity of ethnicities, traditions, and civilizations. Europe will never be One, but to survive as a union it will have to become a federation of “islands” both distinct and connected.
Though drawing on philosophers of Europe’s past, Cacciari calls not to resist Europe’s sunset but to embrace it. Europe will have to open up to the possibility ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Commonalities
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823267163
SKU
V9780823267163
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About Massimo Cacciari
Massimo Cacciari (Author) Massimo Cacciari has been Dean of Philosophy at the Università San Raffaele in Milan and has served three times as mayor of Venice. He was also a member of the European Parliament in 1999. His books in English include Architecture and Nihilism, Posthumous People, The Necessary Angel, and The Unpolitical. Massimo Verdicchio (Translator) ... Read more
Reviews for Europe and Empire: On the Political Forms of Globalization
"Europe and Empire is both timely and insightful. Politician, activist, philosopher and teacher, Massimo Cacciari explores both the hopes and possibilities of a nascent European Union as well as its current demise as a serious world power. What do the idea and reality of Europe hold for philosophy, politics and globalization? This is the central question of the essays of ... Read more