The Narration of Europe in `National' and `Post-national' Terms
Gauging the Gap between Normative Discourses and People's Views
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7989395 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Antonsich (0000-0003-1499-3202, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 505-522 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1368431008097009 |
| OpenAlex | W2135014807 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 76 |
Among scholars and intellectuals, Europe is often celebrated as a postnational space, i.e. a space built around cosmopolitan values rather than culturally and/or ethnically specific factors. This view is also often sketched in normative terms, being rarely based on what people actually think of this post-national Europe. The present article essays to fill this gap, by focusing on two post-national questions: is European identity constructed in the absence of an Other? Does Europe stand for the separation of the `cultural' from the `political'? Relying on qualitative information collected in four regional case studies in Western Europe, this article maintains that the `postnational' view finds expression also among people. Yet, it coexists with a `national' view, which continues to shape how people see themselves and the world, Europe included. The article argues that it is exactly in the interaction, at times contradictory, between these two views that the normative idea of Europe as a post-national space should be analysed
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Expression (computer science · Identity (music · Linguistics · Narrative · National identity · Normative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European Union Policy and Governance · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Philosophy
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Limits of citizenship
The postnational constellation
The Situated Politics of Belonging
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The Claims of Culture
Interests and Integration
Modernity at large
Nations and Nationalism
The Design and Analysis of Focus Group Studies
The Concept of the Political
Social Identity
Economic Action and Social Structure
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Ways of Being Political
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Fuzzy Politics Around Fuzzy Borders
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Citizenship and national identity in Europe
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The Shifting Stage of Politics
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On what citizens mean by feeling 'European
The choices of identity
The Concept of the Political
Imagining Solidarity
Cosmopolitanism
European Civil Society or Transnational Social Space
Changing Paradigms of Citizenship and the Exclusiveness of the Demos
Cosmopolitan Virtue, Globalization and Patriotism
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |