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Jürgen Habermas and the European Economic Crisis

Cosmopolitanism Reconsidered

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvGaspare M. Genna,Thomas O. Haakenson,Ian W. Wilson

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The European Union entered into an economic crisis in late 2009 that was sparked by bank bailouts and led to large, unsustainable, sovereign debt. The crisis was European in scale, but hit some countries in the Eurozone harder than others. Despite the plethora of writings devoted to the economic crisis in Europe, present understandings of how the political decisions would influence the integration project continue to remain vague. What does it actually mean to be European? Is Europe still a collection of peoples that rallied together during good times and then retreat to nationalism when challenges appear? Or has Europe adopted a common identity that would foster solidarity during hard times?This book provides its reader with a fresh perspective on the importance identity has on the functioning of the European Union as exemplified in Jürgen Habermas’ seminal text, ‘The Crisis of the European Union: A Response’. Rather than exploring the causes of the crisis, the contributors examine the current state of European identity to determine the likelihood of implementing Habermas’ suggestions. The contributor’s interdisciplinary approach is organized into four parts and examines the following key areas of concern: Habermas’ arguments, placing them into their historical context.To which degree do Europeans share the ideals Habermas describes as crucial to his program of reform. Influence of Habermas’ cosmopolitanism through religious and literary lenses. Impact of Habermas’ notions in the arenas of education, national economies, austerity, and human rights.Jürgen Habermas and the European Economic Crisis will be read by scholars in the fields of Political Theory and Philosophy, European Politics and Cultural Studies.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-05-16
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Antal sidor224
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138185838

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List of TablesList of FiguresList of ContributorsIntroductionGaspare M. Genna and Ian W. WilsonSection 1. Foundations1. Democracy as Ideal and Practice: Historicizing The Crisis of the European UnionChristian Bailey2. Habermas on Human Dignity as the Origin of Human Rights and Egalitarian, Utopian ThinkingJennifer FredetteSection 2. Values 3. Cosmopolitanism, Trust, and Support for European IntegrationGaspare M. Genna4. European Reform from the Bottom Up? The Presence and Effects of Cosmopolitan Values in GermanyAubrey WestfallSection 3. Tools 5. Reason, Faith, and Europe: Two German Perspectives What is Europe?James M. Skidmore6. Cosmopolitan Reflections: Jürgen Habermas and W. G. SebaldIan W. WilsonSection 4. Institutions 7. Educating the European Union: Internationalization through IntegrationThomas O. Haakenson8. European Integration and Economic InterestsMarcella Myer9. Does German Austerity Travel? The Baltic States’ Reactions to the Euro Crisis.David O. Rossbach10. On the Pouvoir Constituent of the European UnionErik O. EriksenConclusionGaspare M. Genna and Ian W. Wilson Index

"Known for his somewhat dry and juridical appeals to a kind of permanent Kantian Law, Jurgen Habermas – the central intellectual of the EU’s German center – arises here in a very different light. This timely study reveals instead an urgently popular thinker concerned with simple dignity and fellow-feeling, berating his troubled homeland as a "self-absorbed colossus" as Europe teeters on the brink. This book gives cosmopolitanism a new life at the very moment of its threatened extinction". - Timothy A. Brennan, University of Minnesota