European Identity and the Second World War [electronic resource] /
Spiering, Menno.author.
Wintle, Michael.author.
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.
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contributors; Editor's Introduction Ideals, Identity and War: the Idea of Europe, 1939-70; Part I World War II, Europe and Human Rights; 1 Human Rights and European Identity since World War II: Vergangenheitsbewältigung through Law; 2 Before Integration: Human Rights and Post-War Europe; 3 From War Talk to Rights Talk:* Exile Politics, Human Rights, and the Two World Wars; Part II Reflections: Narratives of European Civilization and World War II; 4 Myth and History in European Post-War History Writing
5 From Nazi Legacy to Cold War: British Perceptions of European Identity, 1945-54*6 The Nordic Way Out: Europe in Danish Literature after the Second World War; 7 'Europe is the Country of the Spirit': Albert Camus and Europeanism in France, 1944-7; Part III Visions: Plans for a New Europe after World War II; 8 The Ventotene Manifesto: the Crisis of the Nation State and the Political Identity of Europe; 9 Max Kohnstamm's New Europe; 10 Atoms for Europe; 11 Before Self-Reflexivity: Imperialism and Colonialism in the Early Discourses of European Integration
Part IV Shoah, War and European Civilization12 Holocaust Literature and the Shaping of European Identity after the Second World War: the Case of Jorge Semprún; 13 Goodbye to All That? Jewish Views of Europe after 1945; 14 Language Out of Darkness: George Steiner Speaking the Unspeakable; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Europe—History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Civilization—History.
World politics.
World War, 1939-1945.
European History.
Modern History.
Social History.
Cultural History.
Political History.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.