EAN: 9789052017921

IMAGINING EUROPE AS A GLOBAL PLAYER - CHRISTOFF...

This book argues that since 2001 the primary discursive context for articulating a European
identity within the EU has increasingly become the idea of a common foreign policy for Europe.
A new grand project of making Europe a true global player is being put forth and it is this as
yet unrealised ideal that European citizens are now being asked to identify with. The author
examines European identity as an ideological construction that seeks to elicit emotional and
affective attachment to the political project of realising a utopian ideal. He unravels the
discourses involved in the construction of European identity by drawing on theories and methods
from discourse analysis  the study of political myths  narratology and psychoanalysis. The
European Neighbourhood Policy is studied in detail  with a focus on the dynamic challenges that
ensue when grand ideological statements have to be implemented in a concrete and specific
context.

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