Seeing Europe Through the Nation The Role of National Self-Images in the Perception of European Integration in the English, German, and Dutch Press in the 1950s And 1990s |
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Author:
| de Roode, Sven Leif Ragnar |
Series title: | Studien Zur Geschichte der Europaischen Integration / Etudes Sur l'Histoire de l'Integration Europeenne / Studies on the History of European Integration) Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-515-10202-5 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
Publisher: | Franz Steiner Verlag
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $86.00 |
Book Description:
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Sven Leif Ragnar de Roode analyzes Dutch, English, and German perceptions of European integration against the backdrop of dominant elements of national self-images in a comparative perspective. The study is based on a source sample of more than 1200 newspaper editorials about the founding treaties of the European Communities in the 1950s and the Treaty on European Union from 1992/3. The source analysis is framed by an analysis of dominant, publicly acknowledged national self-images in...
More DescriptionSven Leif Ragnar de Roode analyzes Dutch, English, and German perceptions of European integration against the backdrop of dominant elements of national self-images in a comparative perspective. The study is based on a source sample of more than 1200 newspaper editorials about the founding treaties of the European Communities in the 1950s and the Treaty on European Union from 1992/3. The source analysis is framed by an analysis of dominant, publicly acknowledged national self-images in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century. The representation of European integration in Dutch, English, and German newspapers shows that both, the perception of Europe and national self-images, were essentially contested. It demonstrates how nationalised the gaze unto Europe was. The perception of Europe was tinted and judged by national self-images. The discourse on European integration was inseparably intertwined with the discourse on the nation. Europe was essentially thought 'through' the nation.