Global Europa: mythology of European Union in world politics
Journal of Common Market Studies
2010
48
1
January
67-87
European Union ; history ; international relations ; political aspect
European Union
English
Bibliogr.
"The mythology of the European Union (EU) in world politics can be told and untold in many different ways. This article focuses on the lore or stories of who did what to whom, the ideological projection of the past onto the present and the escapist pleasure of storytelling in looking at the mythology of 'global Europa'– the EU in the world. It concludes with a reflection on the way in which the many diverse myths of global Europa compete for daily attention, whether as lore, ideology or pleasure. In this respect the mythology of global Europa is part of our everyday existence, part of the EU in and of the world."
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