Europe in Crisis

Overallthis collection offers a broad spectrum of intellectual historical research on Europe. It therefore does not only appeal to historians who are working on the history of images of Europe specially in the first half of the 20th century but also to all those who are interested in approaches and methods of Anglo-American intellectual historians. H-Soz-u-Kult this unusually structured volume guides the reader to a number of promising and under-explored avenues in the field of European integration studies. English Historical Review One of the strengths of the volume is the conscious effort to pay close attention to the different debates and shifting discourses about Europe on their own terms over just a few decadesThe absence of a one-size-fits-all analytical straightjacket allows the individual contributors to assess how these different ideas of Europe changed over time in myriad ways. By combining investigations of individuals with group portraits, the volume also makes certain features of the Europeanists stand out more clearly[It] serves as a useful reminder that Europe during these 40 years, was a continent suspended between ancient roots and new beginnings. European Review of History: Revue europeenne d'histoire The contributions are of a high standard. In almost all cases there was much that is new and interesting. There is more than enough substance, interest and range for this to be an effective contribution. Peter Stirk, Durham University An excellent introduction to the history of the concept of Europe that preceded the founding of the European Community in 1957. Spanning a wide range of authors and topics, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the intellectual history of European integration. Egbert Klautke, University College London

Mark Hewitson is Professor of German History and Politics and Director of European Social and Political Studies at University College London.

List of Maps and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Europe during the Forty Years Crisis PART :I PROLOGUE Chapter 1. The United States of Europe: The European Question in the 1920s Mark Hewitson Chapter 2. Europe and the Fate of the World: Crisis and Integration in the Late 1940s and 1950s Mark Hewitson Chapter 3. Inventing Europe and Reinventing the Nation-State in a New World Order Mark Hewitson PART II: REIMAGINING THE PAST Chapter 4. Richard Nikolaus Coudenhove-Kalergi, Founder of the Pan-European Union, and the Birth of a New Europe Anita Prettenthaler-Ziegerhofer Chapter 5. Noble Continent? German-Speaking Nobles as Theorists of European Identity in the Interwar Period Dina Gusejnova Chapter 6. Imperium Europaeum: Rudolf Pannwitz and the German Idea of Europe Jan Vermeiren Chapter 7. New Middle Ages or New Modernity? Carl Schmitts Interwar Perspective on Political Unity in Europe Ionut Untea Chapter 8. Rosenzweig, Schmitt and the Concept of Europe Vittorio Cotesta Chapter 9. From Centre to Province: Changing Images of Europe in the Writings of Jerzy Stempowski ukasz Mikoajewski PART III: MAKING SENSE OF THE PRESENT Chapter 10. Visualizing Europe from 1900 to the 1950s: Identity on the Move Michael Wintle Chapter 11. Europe and the Artistic Patrimony of the Interwar Period: The International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation at the League of Nations Annamaria Ducci Chapter 12. Huizinga, Intellectual Cooperation and the Spirit of Europe, 19331945 Anne-Isabelle Richard Chapter 13. The Idea of European Unity in Heinrich Manns Political Essays of the 1920s and Early 1930s Ernest Schonfield Chapter 14. Lucien Febvre and the Idea of Europe Vittorio Dini PART IV: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 15. Junius and the President Professor: Luigi Einaudis European Federalism Matthew DAuria Chapter 16. Federate or Perish: The Continuity and Persistence of the Federal Idea in Europe, 19171957 Michael Burgess Conclusion: Europe between a Crisis of Culture and Political Regeneration Notes on Contributors Select Bibliography Index