We, the People of Europe? (ebook)

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"There is much merit to this book as a work of political philosophy, inasmuch as it provides new analyses of the concept of sovereignty and develops new ideas about the nature of citizenship under post-modern conditions."--Gustav Peebles, Political Science Quarterly

"Balibar tackles a wide range of themes associated with a dialectic of the construction of 'Europe.' . . . The writing is clear, informed, and provocative."--Choice

"This is clearly one of the most prodigious political accomplishments of our time. In open and engaging prose, Balibar offers a serious and thoroughgoing study of the problem of what constitutes citizenship under changing conditions of immigration in Europe. His critique is accompanied by a political vision of democracy at once chastened and hopeful."--Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley, author of The Psychic Life of Power

"An extremely important book. Anything Balibar writes is sure to find an extremely eager audience in the United States. But the subject of this book--the new politics of immigration and racism in a newly unifying Europe, the very real threat that unification will mean a European version of apartheid, and the possibility that a transnational political counter-subject ("we, the people of Europe") can emerge to oppose globalization--is even more topical than those Balibar has led us to expect from him. His striking and sometimes dazzling commentaries on the various frameworks and discourses at play will be of immediate interest to readers in a wide range of fields."--Bruce Robbins, Columbia University, author of The Servant's Hand

"Together these two volumes constitute an outstanding contribution to the field. They present the views and arguments of the major philosophers of the period with unmatched clarity and subject them to deep and critical scrutiny. In my view there is no other work on the history of twentieth-century century analytic philosophy that matches it in its scope, depth, and elegance."--Ali Kazmi, University of Calgary0PREFACE vii
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At the Borders of Europe 1
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Homo nationalis: An Anthropological Sketch of the Nation-Form 11
Droit de cité or Apartheid? 31
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Citizenship without Community? 51
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Europe after Communism 78
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World Borders, Political Borders 101
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Outline of a Topography of Cruelty: Citizenship and Civility in the Era of Global Violence 115
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Prolegomena to Sovereignty 133
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Difficult Europe: Democracy under Construction 155
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Democratic Citizenship or Popular Sovereignty? Reflections on Constitutional Debates in Europe 180
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Europe: Vanishing Mediator? 203
NOTES 237
INDEX 283