European Dream
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Description:
Europe is a strange continent. Strictly speaking it is not a continent at all but a mere peninsula tacked on to Asia, from where many of its first inhabitants undoubtedly came. And yet, despite its huge variety of features, languages, landscape and peoples, this smallest of continents has achieved a clear cultural identity. It is certainly true that 'Eurospeak' lacks poetry an...
Europe is a strange continent. Strictly speaking it is not a continent at all but a mere peninsula tacked on to Asia, from where many of its first inhabitants undoubtedly came. And yet, despite its huge variety of features, languages, landscape and peoples, this smallest of continents has achieved a clear cultural identity. It is certainly true that 'Eurospeak' lacks poetry an...
Description:
Europe is a strange continent. Strictly speaking it is not a continent at all but a mere peninsula tacked on to Asia, from where many of its first inhabitants undoubtedly came. And yet, despite its huge variety of features, languages, landscape and peoples, this smallest of continents has achieved a clear cultural identity. It is certainly true that 'Eurospeak' lacks poetry and that the myths of today are mainly nationalist, chauvinistic and of the 'No to Europetype'. But, says the author, 'My Europe is not the Europe that regulates the curve on bananas, quarrels over subsidies for farmers or fights for places on the Council or Commission. I still believe in dreams, especially the European dream.' ' The author quotes Vaclav Havel: 'Without dreaming of a better Europe, we shall never build a better Europe'. Going back to the origins of the European idea, Dr Schwimmer traces the true content of Robert Schumann's vision and shows how this must still be our inspiration. But the author goes back beyond that, and looks at other visions of a Federal Europe. From the Hapsburg Empire to the League of Nations and Woodrow Wilson's celebrated speech in 1918, various concepts are examined carefully. In propounding his dream for the future, the author takes on the Eurosceptics directly and shows how Europe must be the key to its inhabitants tackling the problems of world terrorism, human rights, and the internal strife of Russia and the Balkan States.
Review:
''Europe's history is our history, and its future is ours too. Dr Schwimmer manages to guide the reader smoothly through the intricacies, twists and turns of European politics and its institutions... A confident piece of analysis of the challenges and issues facing the continent in the years and decades to come.' Chris Patten, European Commissioner for External Relations'
Table of Contents:
1. The Legend of Europe; 2. Dreams Have Their Price; 3. The Dream, My Life; 4. The Idea of Europe - and Who Does What With It; 5. Human Rights and Freedom in a Basket. 6. All Change in Europe - New Members; 7. Many Concepts, One Europe; 8. Will Enlargement Shrink Europe? 9. Strength in Unity; 10. War - Still Part of the European Scene? 11. Where Does the Dream End? 12. The Challenge for Us
Author Biography:
Dr Walter Schwimmer is Secretary General of The Council of Europe. He is Austrian by birth and nationality. He lives and works in Strasbourg.
Europe is a strange continent. Strictly speaking it is not a continent at all but a mere peninsula tacked on to Asia, from where many of its first inhabitants undoubtedly came. And yet, despite its huge variety of features, languages, landscape and peoples, this smallest of continents has achieved a clear cultural identity. It is certainly true that 'Eurospeak' lacks poetry and that the myths of today are mainly nationalist, chauvinistic and of the 'No to Europetype'. But, says the author, 'My Europe is not the Europe that regulates the curve on bananas, quarrels over subsidies for farmers or fights for places on the Council or Commission. I still believe in dreams, especially the European dream.' ' The author quotes Vaclav Havel: 'Without dreaming of a better Europe, we shall never build a better Europe'. Going back to the origins of the European idea, Dr Schwimmer traces the true content of Robert Schumann's vision and shows how this must still be our inspiration. But the author goes back beyond that, and looks at other visions of a Federal Europe. From the Hapsburg Empire to the League of Nations and Woodrow Wilson's celebrated speech in 1918, various concepts are examined carefully. In propounding his dream for the future, the author takes on the Eurosceptics directly and shows how Europe must be the key to its inhabitants tackling the problems of world terrorism, human rights, and the internal strife of Russia and the Balkan States.
Review:
''Europe's history is our history, and its future is ours too. Dr Schwimmer manages to guide the reader smoothly through the intricacies, twists and turns of European politics and its institutions... A confident piece of analysis of the challenges and issues facing the continent in the years and decades to come.' Chris Patten, European Commissioner for External Relations'
Table of Contents:
1. The Legend of Europe; 2. Dreams Have Their Price; 3. The Dream, My Life; 4. The Idea of Europe - and Who Does What With It; 5. Human Rights and Freedom in a Basket. 6. All Change in Europe - New Members; 7. Many Concepts, One Europe; 8. Will Enlargement Shrink Europe? 9. Strength in Unity; 10. War - Still Part of the European Scene? 11. Where Does the Dream End? 12. The Challenge for Us
Author Biography:
Dr Walter Schwimmer is Secretary General of The Council of Europe. He is Austrian by birth and nationality. He lives and works in Strasbourg.
| Autor | Schwimmer, Walter |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2004 |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 256 |
| Pikkus | 216 |
| Laius | 216 |
| Keel | English |
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