- Summary
- "The two concepts at the centre of this book: Europe, and the Second World War, are constantly changing in public perception. Now that 'Europe' is an even more contested idea than ever, this volume informs the current discourse on European identity by analysing Europe's reaction to the tragedy, heroism and disgrace of the Second World War"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- Locale
- Europe
- Contents
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Machine generated contents note:
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction
Ideals, Identity and War: the Idea of Europe, 1939-70; M.Wintle
PART I: WORLD WAR II, EUROPE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights and European Identity since World War II: Vergangenheitsbewa;ltigung through Law; H.Porsdam
Before Integration: Human Rights and Post-war Europe; H.Schulz-Forberg
From War Talk to Rights Talk: Exile Politics, Human Rights, and the Two World Wars ; J.Winter
PART II: REFLECTIONS: NARRATIVES OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION AND WORLD WAR II
Myth and History in European Post-War History Writing; J.Ifversen
From Nazi Legacy to Cold War: British Perceptions of European Identity, 1945-5; W.Webster
The Nordic Way Out: Europe in Danish Literature after the Second World War ; H.van der Liet
'Europe is the Country of the Spirit': Albert Camus and Europeanism in France, 1944-47; M.van Montfrans
PART III: VISIONS: PLANS FOR A NEW EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR II
The Ventotene Manifesto: the Crisis of the Nation State and the Political Identity of Europe; M.D'Auria
Max Kohnstamm's New Europe; A.van Heerikhuizen
Atoms for Europe; M.Spiering
Before Self-Reflexivity: Imperialism and Colonialism in the Early Discourses of European Integration; W.Schmale
PART IV: SHOAH, WAR AND EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION
Holocaust Literature and the Shaping of European Identity after the Second World War: the Case of Jorge Semprún; K-M.Simonsen
Goodbye to All That? Jewish Views of Europe after 1945; I.Zwiep
Language out of Darkness: George Steiner Speaking the Unspeakable; R.G.Soeiro
Index.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Wintle, Michael J.
Spiering, M. (Menno)
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction -- Ideals, Identity and War: the Idea of Europe, 1939-70; M.Wintle -- PART I: WORLD WAR II, EUROPE AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- Human Rights and European Identity since World War II: Vergangenheitsbewa;ltigung through Law; H.Porsdam -- Before Integration: Human Rights and Post-war Europe; H.Schulz-Forberg -- From War Talk to Rights Talk: Exile Politics, Human Rights, and the Two World Wars ; J.Winter -- PART II: REFLECTIONS: NARRATIVES OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION AND WORLD WAR II -- Myth and History in European Post-War History Writing; J.Ifversen -- From Nazi Legacy to Cold War: British Perceptions of European Identity, 1945-5; W.Webster -- The Nordic Way Out: Europe in Danish Literature after the Second World War ; H.van der Liet -- 'Europe is the Country of the Spirit': Albert Camus and Europeanism in France, 1944-47; M.van Montfrans -- PART III: VISIONS: PLANS FOR A NEW EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR II -- The Ventotene Manifesto: the Crisis of the Nation State and the Political Identity of Europe; M.D'Auria -- Max Kohnstamm's New Europe; A.van Heerikhuizen -- Atoms for Europe; M.Spiering -- Before Self-Reflexivity: Imperialism and Colonialism in the Early Discourses of European Integration; W.Schmale -- PART IV: SHOAH, WAR AND EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION -- Holocaust Literature and the Shaping of European Identity after the Second World War: the Case of Jorge Semprún; K-M.Simonsen -- Goodbye to All That? Jewish Views of Europe after 1945; I.Zwiep -- Language out of Darkness: George Steiner Speaking the Unspeakable; R.G.Soeiro -- Index.
