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. MENNO SPIERING Lecturer in European Studies at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands where he directs the European Studies Masters programme. He has published on issues of national identity and Anglo-European relations. Histitles include 'Ideas of Europe: The Legacy of the First World War' (2002); and 'Euroscepticism: Party Politics, National Identity and European Integration' (Rodopi, 2005). MICHAEL WINTLE studied at Cambridge, Ghent and Hull Universities, and now holds the chair of European History at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he works in the teaching and research programmes inEuropean Studies. Prior to 2002, he was Professor of European History at the University of Hull, UK, where he had taught since 1980. He has published widely on Dutch and European history, including the following recent books: 'Ideas of Europe since 1914' (also with M. Spiering, Palgrave, 2002); 'Image into Identity' (Rodopi, 2006); 'Imagining Europe' (Peter Lang, 2008); and 'The Image of Europe' (Cambridge UP, 2009). INDICE: 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: Vergangenheitsbewältigung throughLaw; '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 theCountry 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
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- Fecha Publicación: 08/03/2011
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