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First published in 1983.

The article deals with the conception of Central Europe in the perspective of clash of civilizations. The author's major thesis is the following: Central Europe is central being the centre of fight for European values including Western Christianity, liberalism, democracy, justice, and historical memory. The minor theses are the following: 1) the very notion of Central Europe is inseparable from its moral content, i.e. from imagined values to be obliged as maximas of life in a certain life‐world; 2) Central Europe serves as the becoming of Europe's identity andvice versa, the identity of Central Europe depends on contrary parts of imagined Europe. The author considers Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) as a historical rim of European civilization and the area for the becoming of Central Europe. Vidurio Europa kaip vaizdijamas regionas Santrauka Straipsnyje nagrinėjama Vidurio Europos samprata civilizacijų konflikto perspektyvoje. Didžioji autoriaus tezė: Vidurio Europa yra vidurio, būdama kovos dėl Europos vertybių, įskaitant Vakarų krikščionybę, liberalizmą, demokratiją, teisingumą ir istorinę atmintį, centras. Mažosios tezės: 1) pati Vidurio Europos sąvoka neatskiriama nuo moralinio turinio, t. y. nuo vaizdijamos vertybės, įpareigojančios kaip tam tikro gyvenamojo pasaulio gyvenimo maksima; 2) Vidurio Europa tarnauja Europos tapatėjimui ir, atvirkščiai, Vidurio Europos tapatumas priklauso nuo vaizdijamos Europos prieštaringų sandų. Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė nagrinėjama kaip Europos civilizacijos istorinis pakraštys ir Vidurio Europos tapsmo vieta. Reikšminiai žodžiai: Vidurio Europa, Europos civilizacija, vaizdijimas, regionas, vertybės. First Published Online: 14 Oct 2010

The article deals with the conception of Central Europe in the perspective of clash of civilizations. The author's major thesis is the following: Central Europe is central being the centre of fight for European values including Western Christianity, liberalism, democracy, justice, and historical memory. The minor theses are the following: 1) the very notion of Central Europe is inseparable from its moral content, i.e. from imagined values to be obliged as maximas of life in a certain life‐world; 2) Central Europe serves as the becoming of Europe's identity andvice versa, the identity of Central Europe depends on contrary parts of imagined Europe. The author considers Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) as a historical rim of European civilization and the area for the becoming of Central Europe. Vidurio Europa kaip vaizdijamas regionas Santrauka.Straipsnyje nagrinėjama Vidurio Europos samprata civilizacijų konflikto perspektyvoje. Didžioji autoriaus tezė: Vidurio Europa yra vidurio, būdama kovos dėl Europos vertybių, įskaitant Vakarų krikščionybę, liberalizmą, demokratiją, teisingumą ir istorinę atmintį, centras. Mažosios tezės: 1) pati Vidurio Europos sąvoka neatskiriama nuo moralinio turinio, t. y. nuo vaizdijamos vertybės, įpareigojančios kaip tam tikro gyvenamojo pasaulio gyvenimo maksima; 2) Vidurio Europa tarnauja Europos tapatėjimui ir, atvirkščiai, Vidurio Europos tapatumas priklauso nuo vaizdijamos Europos prieštaringų sandų. Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė nagrinėjama kaip Europos civilizacijos istorinis pakraštys ir Vidurio Europos tapsmo vieta. Reikšminiai žodžiai: Vidurio Europa, Europos civilizacija, vaizdijimas, regionas, vertybės. First Published Online: 14 Oct 2010

"I have not come here this evening to talk to you about a utopia; no, I am here to talk to you about an adventure ...: the federating of Europe."
These are the words of Denis de Rougemont (1948, p.1), the Swiss philosopher and scholar, given at a talk on 22nd of April 1948 at the Sorbonne, Paris. He was advocating for the cultural, historical regions to become the sub-European political units instead of nation states. I start this essay with his statement not because I necessarily agree with his views, but because he is the person who coined the term 'Europe of the regions' in his book The idea of Europe, which appeared in English in 1966 (de Rougemont, 1966). Donald Tusk (2016), former President of the European Union (EU), called him "a philosopher of regionalism" and "a pioneer of the EU moto of 'unity in diversity'". I also started this essay with de Rougemont because of his take on what constitutes Europe. In his book, he traces the history of the idea from the Greek myth of the abduction of Europa by Zeus to the 18th and 19th century federalist ideas of Napoleon and the 1960s European Community, and concludes that the search for Europe is to build Europe; that, Europe is only to be found in the process of creating it (de Rougemont, 1966). This relational perspective somewhat resonates with what I am going to discuss about 'the region' and a 'Europe of the regions'.

"I have not come here this evening to talk to you about a utopia; no, I am here to talk to you about an adventure .: the federating of Europe." These are the words of Denis de Rougemont (1948, p.1), the Swiss philosopher and scholar, given at a talk on 22nd of April 1948 at the Sorbonne, Paris. He was advocating for the cultural, historical regions to become the sub-European political units instead of nation states. I start this essay with his statement not because I necessarily agree with his views, but because he is the person who coined the term 'Europe of the regions' in his book The idea of Europe, which appeared in English in 1966 (de Rougemont, 1966). Donald Tusk (2016), former President of the European Union (EU), called him "a philosopher of regionalism" and "a pioneer of the EU moto of 'unity in diversity'". I also started this essay with de Rougemont because of his take on what constitutes Europe. In his book, he traces the history of the idea from the Greek myth of the abduction of Europa by Zeus to the 18th and 19th century federalist ideas of Napoleon and the 1960s European Community, and concludes that the search for Europe is to build Europe; that, Europe is only to be found in the process of creating it (de Rougemont, 1966). This relational perspective somewhat resonates with what I am going to discuss about 'the region' and a 'Europe of the regions'.