Europe Anti-Power

Michael Loriaux is Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, USA. His teaching and research areas are International Relations, the European Union and Critical Theory. He is the author of European Union and the Deconstruction of the Rhineland Frontier (2008).

• EU Power and its Adjectives Power/Play The Viral Trace Innovation Power/Play’s Transformation Into Form In Knowing Anticipation The Sound of Power EU Exceptionalism, EU Resentment The Tinkerer, Destroyer of Worlds Europe Anti-Power

'The project of European integration has often been portrayed as an attempt to escape from the destructive power politics that haunted the European continent for so long, both in relations among European states as well as in Europe’s external relations. Michael Loriaux’s superb Europe Anti-Power reconfigures the debate on Europe and power. His highly original readings of the works of Machiavelli, Agamben, Thucydides and others on the meaning of power underpin his bold claim: the European Union should (re)constitute itself as "anti-power." This book is a must read not only for everyone with an interest in European politics, but also for scholars and students concerned with power in IR and Political Science.' - Stefan Borg, Swedish Institute for International Affairs and Stockholm University, Sweden'Are we duped by the necessity of power? Lauriaux's deconstruction of conventional readings of EU power and his plea for a conception of Europe as anti-power are a provocative and overdue challenge to the debate about the EU's role in global politics.' - Thomas Diez, University of Tuebingen, Germany