Europe in Upheaval: Identity in Politics, Literature and Film
In: Springer eBook Collection
Part I: Europe in transition. Identity in politics, literature and film -- Europe is everywhere: Introductory thoughts -- Part II: Europe as a (political) construct in the mirror of culture (and) theory -- Critique of criticism: On the more recent Europe theses by Robert Menasse. -- Recent debates on Europe in the historical cultural studies of the 21st century -- The House of Europe: On the difficulty of loving a building site that remains one -- Part III: Europe -- A fiction? Current constructions of Europe as an idea, concept, image, cultural conception -- On the price of freedom and accessible books : some remarks on the concept of East Central Europein current discussions -- Working on Europe: About a flamboyant project of young intellectuals -- Part IV: Europe and Europeans -- An identity-forming unit? -- Europe and the concept of empire -- Between small states and the European public: Anthologies on the subject of Europe Reflections on the 'good Europeans' in the phase of Brexism -- Part V: Images of Europe in film and contemporary literature -- Utopias and dystopias -- Europe as utopia and dystopia in the films of Jean-Luc Godard and Lars von Trier -- Maps, zones: Figurations of Europe in Lars von Trier's early films -- Believe in Europe? The community of states in two contemporary documentaries -- Europe on the high seas: Sea voyage with Hans Pleschinski's novel Brabant (1995) -- The neoliberal decomposition of democracy in Alexander Schimmelbusch's novel Hochdeutschland. -- Crisis or Revolution? Brexit as reflected in literature and film. An overview.