The Symbolic Politics Of European Integration: Staging Europe
by Jacob Krumrey /
2018 / English / PDF
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This book presents a cultural history of European integration. It
revisits the European Community’s postwar origins through the
lens of symbolic representation and so reveals a hitherto unknown
side to Europe’s notorious technocrats. They were not simply
administrators: they were skillful marketing experts, clever spin
doctors, and talented stage directors. After all, what made the
European Community stand out among the multitude of postwar
European organizations? This book argues that it was not so much
its vaunted supranationalism, nor its economic significance; it
was its self-proclaimed role as torchbearer of European unity.
This book presents a cultural history of European integration. It
revisits the European Community’s postwar origins through the
lens of symbolic representation and so reveals a hitherto unknown
side to Europe’s notorious technocrats. They were not simply
administrators: they were skillful marketing experts, clever spin
doctors, and talented stage directors. After all, what made the
European Community stand out among the multitude of postwar
European organizations? This book argues that it was not so much
its vaunted supranationalism, nor its economic significance; it
was its self-proclaimed role as torchbearer of European unity.
Combining archival research with media analysis,
Combining archival research with media analysis,The
Symbolic Politics of European Integration
The
Symbolic Politics of European Integration reviews Europe’s
early parliaments, its early diplomacy, and its long search for
“capital cities,” from Strasbourg to Brussels. It tells the story
of the political theater that staged an enterprise of technocrats
as the embodiment of a Europe united in peace and prosperity.
This book is an invaluable resource for historians of postwar
Europe, as well as for analysts of today’s EU, who seek to
understand how coal, steel, and tariffs became the stuff the
European dream was made of.
reviews Europe’s
early parliaments, its early diplomacy, and its long search for
“capital cities,” from Strasbourg to Brussels. It tells the story
of the political theater that staged an enterprise of technocrats
as the embodiment of a Europe united in peace and prosperity.
This book is an invaluable resource for historians of postwar
Europe, as well as for analysts of today’s EU, who seek to
understand how coal, steel, and tariffs became the stuff the
European dream was made of.
