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European Identity and the Second World War

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  • © 2011

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  1. Menno Spiering

    1. University of Amsterdam, USA

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  2. Michael Wintle

    1. University of Amsterdam, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Editor’s Introduction: Ideals, Identity and War: The Idea of Europe, 1939–70

    1. Editor’s Introduction: Ideals, Identity and War: The Idea of Europe, 1939–70

      • Michael Wintle
      Pages 1-18

  3. World War II, Europe and Human Rights

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Human Rights and European Identity since World War II

      • Helle Porsdam
      Pages 21-36

    3. Before Integration

      • Hagen Schulz-Forberg
      Pages 37-54

    4. From War Talk to Rights Talk

      • Jay Winter
      Pages 55-72

  4. Reflections: Narratives of European Civilization and World War II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Myth and History in European Post-War History Writing

      • Jan Ifversen
      Pages 75-91

    3. From Nazi Legacy to Cold War: British Perceptions of European Identity, 1945–54

      • Wendy Webster
      Pages 92-110

    4. The Nordic Way Out

      • Henk van der Liet
      Pages 111-123

    5. ‘Europe is the Country of the Spirit’: Albert Camus and Europeanism in France, 1944–7

      • Manet van Montfrans
      Pages 124-137

  5. Visions: Plans for a New Europe after World War II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. The Ventotene Manifesto: The Crisis of the Nation State and the Political Identity of Europe

      • Matthew D’Auria
      Pages 141-158

    3. Max Kohnstamm’s New Europe

      • Annemarie van Heerikhuizen
      Pages 159-170

    4. Atoms for Europe

      • Menno Spiering
      Pages 171-185

    5. Before Self-Reflexivity: Imperialism and Colonialism in the Early Discourses of European Integration

      • Wolfgang Schmale
      Pages 186-201

  6. Shoah, War and European Civilization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Holocaust Literature and the Shaping of European Identity after the Second World War: The Case of Jorge Semprun

      • Karen-Margrethe L. Simonsen
      Pages 205-223

    3. Goodbye to All That? Jewish Views of Europe after 1945

      • Irene Zwiep
      Pages 224-234

    4. Language Out of Darkness: George Steiner Speaking the Unspeakable

      • Ricardo Gil Soeiro
      Pages 235-246
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About this book

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.

Reviews

“This book presents several answers to the question why the project of European integration was initiated and took off after the Second World War. It is a most valuable publication for all who are interested in European identity, both its prerequisites and possibilities. It is invaluable for any serious consideration of the context and beginning of the European integration project in the 1950s.” (Mats Andrén, The European Legacy, Vol. 21 (5-6), April, 2016)

'The question of how to define European identity remains fiercely contested in contemporary politics and scholarship. This fascinating collection of essays explores how the lacerating experience of the Second World War impacted on thinking about the meaning of Europe, in ways that still resonate today'.

- Patrick Finney, Aberystwyth University

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Amsterdam, USA

    Menno Spiering, Michael Wintle

About the editors

MATTHEW D'AURIA Teaching Fellow in the German Department, Centre for European Studies at University College London, UK ANNEMARIE VAN HEERIKHUIZEN Lecturer in the Department of European Studies, the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands JAN IFVERSEN Associate Professor of European Studies and Head of History and Regional Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark HENK VAN DER LIET Chair in Scandinavian Studies, the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands MANET VAN MONTFRANS Lecturer in Modern European and French Literature, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands HELLE PORSDAM Chair of American Studies, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark WOLFGANG SCHMALE Chair in Modern and Contemporary History, Vienna University, Austria HAGEN SCHULZ-FORBERG Assistant Professor in International History, Aarhus University, Denmark KAREN-MARGRETHE L. SIMONSEN Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Aarhus University, Denmark RICARDO GIL SOEIRO Researcher, the Centre for Comparative Studies, the University of Lisbon, Portugal MENNO SPIERING Lecturer in the Department of European Studies, the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands WENDY WEBSTER Professor of Contemporary British History, the University of Central Lancashire, UK JAY WINTER Charles J. Stille Professor of History, Yale University, USA MICHAEL WINTLE Professor of European History, the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands IRENE ZWIEP Chair in Hebrew and Jewish studies, the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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