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Europe as an Idea and an Identity

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Heikki Mikkeli

    1. Academy of Finland, University of Helsinki, Finland

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Editors:
  1. Jo Campling
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Europe as an Idea

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Mythological and Geographical Roots of Europe

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      Pages 3-16

    3. Christendom and Europe in the Middle Ages

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      Pages 17-31

    4. The Balance of Power and the Quest for Peace

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      Pages 33-58

    5. Nationalism, Federalism and the United States of Europe

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      Pages 59-89

    6. A New Hope Emerging: the Interwar Period

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      Pages 91-108

    7. Towards Maastricht: the Realization of the European Union

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      Pages 109-132

  3. European Identity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. The Border of Expansion: Europe and America

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      Pages 135-155

    3. The Border of Defence: Europe and Russia

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      Pages 157-176

    4. The Question of Central Europe: Europe-in-Between?

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      Pages 177-193

    5. The Historical Principles of European Identity

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      Pages 195-211

    6. European Political and Cultural Identities

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      Pages 213-234

    7. Writing European History

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      Pages 235-244

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 245-263
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About this book

Heikki Mikkeli charts the history of the idea of Europe and European identity. The first part introduces the various attempts to unify Europe from antiquity to the European Union. In the second part the relationship of Europe with America and Russia is considered, as well as the ambivalent role of Central Europe.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Academy of Finland, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Heikki Mikkeli

About the author

HEIKKI MIKKELI is a Junior Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland, University of Helsinki. Besides the idea of Europe he has researched Renaissance Aristotelianism and the history of hygiene in early modern Europe. He is the author of An Aristotelian Response to Renaissance Humanism: Jacopo Zabarella on the Nature of Arts and Sciences and The History of Hygiene in Early Modern Europe (forthcoming).

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