Europe in Crisis : Intellectuals and the European Idea, 1917-1957

La 4e de couverture indique : "The period between 1917 and 1957, starting with the birth of the USSR and the American intervention in the First World War and ending with the Treaty of Rome, is of the utmost importance for contextualizing and understanding the intellectual origins of the European Community. During this time of 'crisis, ' many contemporaries, especially intellectuals, felt they faced a momentous decision which could bring about a radically different future. The understanding of what Europe was and what it should be was questioned in a profound way, forcing Europeans to react. The idea of a specifically European unity finally became, at least for some, a feasible project, not only to avoid another war but to avoid the destruction of the idea of European unity. This volume reassesses the relationship between ideas of Europe and the European project and reconsiders the impact of long and short-term political transformations on assumptions about the continent's scope, nature, role and significance." CONTENTS LIST OF MAPS AND FIGURES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Introduction EUROPE DURING THE FORTY YEARS’ CRISIS Part I PROLOGUE Introduction Chapter 1 THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE The European Question in the 1920s Chapter 2 EUROPE AND THE FATE OF THE WORLD Crisis and Integration in the Late 1940s and 1950s Chapter 3 INVENTING EUROPE AND REINVENTING THE NATION-STATE IN A NEW WORLD ORDER Part II REIMAGINING THE PAST Introduction Chapter 4 RICHARD NIKOLAUS COUDENHOVE-KALERGI, FOUNDER OF THE PAN-EUROPEAN UNION, AND THE BIRTH OF A ‘NEW’ EUROPE Chapter 5 NOBLE CONTINENT? German-Speaking Nobles as Theorists of European Identity in the Interwar Period Chapter 6 IMPERIUM EUROPAEUM Rudolf Pannwitz and the German Idea of Europe Chapter 7 NEW MIDDLE AGES OR NEW MODERNITY? Carl Schmitt’s Interwar Perspective on Political Unity in Europe Chapter 8 ROSENZWEIG, SCHMITT AND THE CONCEPT OF EUROPE Chapter 9 FROM CENTRE TO PROVINCE Changing Images of Europe in the Writings of Jerzy Stempowski Part III MAKING SENSE OF THE PRESENT Introduction Chapter 10 VISUALIZING EUROPE FROM 1900 TO THE 1950s Identity on the Move Chapter 11 EUROPE AND THE ARTISTIC PATRIMONY OF THE INTERWAR PERIOD The International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation at the League of Nations Chapter 12 HUIZINGA, INTELLECTUAL COOPERATION AND THE SPIRIT OF EUROPE, 1933–1945 Chapter 13 THE IDEA OF EUROPEAN UNITY IN HEINRICH MANN’S POLITICAL ESSAYS OF THE 1920s AND EARLY 1930s Chapter 14 LUCIEN FEBVRE AND THE IDEA OF EUROPE Part IV LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Introduction Chapter 15 JUNIUS AND THE ‘PRESIDENT PROFESSOR’ Luigi Einaudi’s European Federalism Chapter 16 FEDERATE OR PERISH The Continuity and Persistence of the Federal Idea in Europe, 1917–1957 Conclusion EUROPE BETWEEN A CRISIS OF CULTURE AND POLITICAL REGENERATION NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX The united states of Europe: the European question in the 1920s / Mark Hewitson Europe and the fate of the world: crisis and integration in the late 1940s and 1950s / Mark Hewitson Inventing Europe and reinventing the nation-state in a new world order / Mark Hewitson Richard Nicolaus Coudenhove-Kalergi, founder of the Pan-European Union, and the birth of a "new" Europe / Anita Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer Noble continent? German-speaking nobles as theorists of European identity in the interwar period / Dina Gusejnova Imperium Europaeum: Rudolf Pannwitz and the German idea of Europe / Jan Vermeiren New middle ages or new modernity? Carl Schmitt's interwar perspective on political unity in Europe / Ionut Untea Rosenzweig, Schmitt and the concept of Europe / Vittorio Cotesta From centre to province: changing images of Europe in the writings of Jerzy Stempowski / ?ukasz Miko?ajewski Visualizing Europe from 1900 to the 1950s: Identity on the move / Michael Wintle Europe and the artistic patrimony of the interwar period: the International Institute for Intellectual Cooperation at the League of Nations / Annamaria Ducci Huizinga, the Netherlands and the spirit of Europe, 1933-1945 / Anne-Isabelle Richard The idea of European unity in Heinrich Mann's political essays of the 1920s and early 1930s / Ernest Schonfield Lucien Febvre and the idea of Europe / Vittorio Dini Junius and the president professor: Luigi Einaudi's European Federalism / Matthew D'Auria Federate or perish: the continuity and persistence of the federal idea in Europe, 1917-1957 / Michael Burgess Conclusion: Europe between a crisis of culture and political regeneration. "The period between 1917 and 1957, starting with the birth of the USSR and the American intervention in the First World War and ending with the Treaty of Rome, is of the utmost importance for contextualizing and understanding the intellectual origins of the European Community. During this time of 'crisis, ' many contemporaries, especially intellectuals, felt they faced a momentous decision which could bring about a radically different future. The understanding of what Europe was and what it should be was questioned in a profound way, forcing Europeans to react. The idea of a specifically European unity finally became, at least for some, a feasible project, not only to avoid another war but to avoid the destruction of the idea of European unity. This volume reassesses the relationship between ideas of Europe and the European project and reconsiders the impact of long and short-term political transformations on assumptions about the continent's scope, nature, role and significance"--Provided by publisher