The Contested History of Autonomy: Interpreting European Modernity
In: Europe's Legacy in the Modern World Ser
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Modernity- Autonomy- Europe -- Why modernity? -- Why autonomy? -- Why Europe? -- Summary of chapters -- Methodological approach -- Part One A Politico-Conceptual History of Autonomy -- 2 The Greek Invention of Autonomy -- Origins of the concept of autonomy -- Meanings of the concept of autonomy -- Autonomy and eleutheria -- Autonomy and dependence -- Autonomy is 'living under one's own laws' -- Autonomy and independence -- 3 The Modern Sources of Autonomy -- Freistellung as αὐτονομία -- αὐτονομία as populus potestas -- 4 Autonomy and the Holy Roman Empire -- A moment of crisis and uncertainties -- The political reform of the empire -- The religious reform of the empire -- The open settlement -- 5 The Modern Reinterpretation of Autonomy -- The burden of the Enlightenment -- From autonomy to self-determination via independence -- 6 Autonomy and the Formation of European Modernity -- Autonomy as interpretation of the peace -- Sovereignty and autonomy -- 7 Historicizing Political Modernity -- Autonomy as a political concept -- The subject of autonomy -- Autonomy as independence -- 8 Autonomy and the Place of Europe in Modern History -- Do we have to ask 'what is Europe'? -- Part Two The Contested Legacy of Europe and the History of Modernity -- 9 The Narrative of Modernity -- A conceptual tension -- A global modernity? -- Is the world modern? -- 10 Europe and the Idea of History -- Early modern times -- A universal history -- The Hegelian turn -- 11 The Constitution of a Global Order -- Historical distance -- Epistemic space -- Legal space -- 12 Varieties of Modernity -- The persistence of facts -- Conceptual shortcomings -- Pluralizing modernity -- 13 Conclusion -- Misconceptions -- Critique -- Questions -- Notes