Gusejnova, D. orcid.org/0000-0003-1356-9530 (2019) Europe To-Morrow: The Shifting Frontiers of European Civilization in the Political Thought of Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi. Istanbul University Journal of Sociology, 38 (2). 2. pp. 227-253. ISSN 1304-2998
Abstract
This paper revisits the political thought of propagandist Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894-1972), examining his idea of a Pan-European Union in the light of past and present crises of European identity. Looking at his changing conceptions of Europe’s frontiers, this article argues that Coudenhove’s case offers many insights to those who seek to understand the cultural prehistory of the Cold War frontiers. His movement constitutes an example of what Michael Freeden has called a ‘thin-centred ideology’, and the article proceeds by contextualising Coudenhove’s activities in the light of this paradigm. The article also reviews how historians’ interest in his work has been shaped by present crises in European integration. The history of Pan-Europa also offers a contextualisation of such phenomena as the rise of populism and the emergence of global panmovements in the wake of political crises.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Authors. Published by the İstanbul University under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Keywords: | Coudenhove-Kalergi; Pan-Europa; European identity; Early Cold War; European ideologies; European civilization |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of History (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 May 2019 09:24 |
Last Modified: | 14 May 2019 11:38 |
Published Version: | https://dergipark.org.tr/iusosyoloji/issue/44152/5... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Istanbul University |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.26650/SJ.2018.38.2.0030 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:145966 |