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Entre essence et existences: les identités classique et moderne de l'Europe
Between essence and existences: classical and modern identities of Europe
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Abstract It seems possible to distinguish a traditional design and a modern vision from Europe, the first resting on an ontology, the second on a phenomenological construction. Traditional Europe is the incarnation of a culture in a geographically variable space, territories being able to be gained or lost. ... view more
It seems possible to distinguish a traditional design and a modern vision from Europe, the first resting on an ontology, the second on a phenomenological construction. Traditional Europe is the incarnation of a culture in a geographically variable space, territories being able to be gained or lost. In this design, the identity of Europe is determined by its elements founders who gave him its unit. Contrary, since the modern society is the result of a contract, the European Union wants to be detached of any ontological identity. Moreover, whereas in the Roman and medieval tradition, the empire was a qualitative and spiritual concept, this one rocked in the reign of the quantity. Consequently, the territorial extent of the European Union, in the modern thought, is only limited by the wills.... view less
Keywords
sociability; cultural history; EU; Europe; cultural geography; historical development; cultural identity; european identity
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
French
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 3-12
Journal
Annals of the University of Bucharest / Political science series, 12 (2010)
ISSN
1582-2486
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works