Description

The creation of the European Union and the progressive integration of the European states have raised serious questions about the existence of a distinctive European identity.If there is something that distinguishes all Europeans, no matter their national or local differences, what is it, and how isit being changedby recent events? This book addresses these questionsin essays that range from ancient Greece to the end of the twentieth century. They discuss matters of politics, law, religion, culture, literature, and even affectivity.Inthe massive literatureof European integration,no other book takes such a long historical perspective, and none other deals directly with the question of identity.