Europe and Empire

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) Massimo Verdicchio is professor of Italian and comparative literature at the University of Alberta. He is the author of Naming Things, Reading Dante Reading, and The Poetics of Dante's Paradiso.

• Preface Introduction: Massimo Cacciari's Genealogy of Europe Alessandro Carrera Part I: Thinking Europe 1. Thinking Europe 2. Europeanism 3. Two German Speeches: The "Second Thought" The Language of Europe 4. Europe or Philosophy 5. Europe or Christianity Part II: The Idea of Empire 6. What Is Empire? 7. The Myth of the Growing City 8. Digressions on Empire and the Three Romes 9. More on the Idea of Empire 10. Empire and Katechon: a Question of Political Theology (From Paul, 2 Thessalonians 2) Part III: Title TK 11. The Europe of Maria Zambrano 12. We Cannot Only Call Ourselves Judeo-Christians. A Conversation with Jacques Le Goff Notes Bibliography Articles Included in This Volume Works Cited Index of Names

"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 this volume. With great erudition, rich political insight and sharp critical analysis, Cacciari leads readers to a deeper understanding of the aspirations and failures of Europe, all from a deeply philosophical perspective: Europe in its "evening light" must learn to see itself through the "insufficiency" of its own self-definitions, a project similar to the negative theology of thinkers like Nicholas of Cusa. Cacciari calls us to think Europe as an unpolitical community." -- -Antonio Calcagno King's University College, London, Canada