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In Shades of Blue, Félix Krawatzek, Friedemann Pestel, Rieke Trimçev, and Gregor Feindt investigate the political project of ""Europe"" as it oscillates between the extremes of expectations of an ever-wider integration and fear of disintegration. The authors interrogate and chart the space between these polarities by tracking the many competing conceptions of Europe in European public discourse and relate these meanings to national, regional, and ideological divisions. Based on qualitative discourse analyses of newspaper articles from six European Union member states between 2004 and 2023, Shades of Blue shifts how we think about Europe's integration and disintegration and offers a new perspective on Europeanization. With twelve debates chronicling Europe's past and discussing the implications for Europe's future, these authors uncover how politicians, intellectuals, and journalists negotiate European senses of belonging. Shades of Blue moves beyond the binaries of hope and despair to uncover a more nuanced picture of Europe.

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Author:   Félix Krawatzek ,  Friedemann Pestel ,  Rieke Trimcev ,  Gregor Feindt
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University Press
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9781501779329

ISBN 10:   150177932
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   15 February 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Many Meanings of Europe 1. The Roots of Europe? From Ancient Greece to the Enlightenment 2. Risen from the Ashes? Telling Stories about Postwar Europe 3. The Seminal Catastrophe: The First World War between European Ambitions and National Realities 4. Universalizing the Holocaust: Founding Myth(s) for Europe 5. Two Totalitarian Regimes, Two Genocides? An Alternative Foundation from ""New Europe"" 6. Beyond the Pale for Europe: Present-Day Russia 7. The Impossible EU Member: Turkey's Enduring Nonaccession 8. War in the ""Heart of Europe"": Facing Mass Violence in the Balkans 9. Pacts of Forgetting? Integrating Greece, Spain, and Portugal 10. Target Europe? Striving for Solidarity against Terror 11. To Leave or Not to Leave: The Many Histories behind Brexit 12. Europe's Failure, Europe's Rebirth? Refugee Crises Conclusion: The Future of Europe's Past

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Félix Krawatzek is a political scientist at the Centre for East European and International Studies. Friedemann Pestel is a historian at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Rieke Trimçev is a political theorist at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Gregor Feindt is a historian at the Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz and Associate Member of the Special Research Center on human differentiation at the University of Mainz.

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