Reflections on Europe in Transition

ISBN-13: 9780820481937 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 192 str.

Opis

Reflections on Europe in Transition consists of a selection of articles presented at the -The New Europe at the Crossroads- conference held in Poznan, Poland (2005). The diverse contributions from scholars in the fields of political science, modern languages, philosophy, economics, and sociology examine a variety of issues: the myth of a united Europe, the impact of globalization on national identity, the fate of immigrant populations, integration, as well as the state of Germany fifteen years after unification. The contributions also raise the issue of terrorism and some of the European response to it."

Spis treści

Contents: Ursula E. Beitter: Reflections on Europe in Transition: Questions of Identity - Steven M. Gardner: The Andalusia of Antonio Gala: Mythic Moors versus Modern-Day Immigration - Françoise Ghillebaert: Translating or the Dilemma of Linguistic Representation In the European Union - Linda Materna: Globalization and African Immigration in Spanish Film: Chus Gutiérrez's Poniente (West, 2002) - Michael McAnear: East Germany: 15 Years After - Gary Overvold: Justifying the European Union Constitution - Elke Segelcke: Cultural Otherness and Beyond: From Discourses of Cultural Identity and «Clash of Civilizations» to a Transnational Aesthetics in the Works of Zafer Senocak - Barry Seldes: The EU Military Policy and the Question of Militarization - Simon Sweeney: 9/11 Disorder and the European Response: The Values of International Society - Steve Watson: Trading Places: Europe for Sale - Andrzej Zaporowski: Union Sunrise and the Past.

O autorze

The Editor: Ursula E. Beitter is Professor of German and Cultural Studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Loyola College in Maryland. She received her doctorate in German studies from New York University. Dr. Beitter organizes the annual «The New Europe at the Crossroads» conferences and has directed the Loyola College in Maryland Berlin Literature Seminar since 1987. She has published on fairy tales and foreign language pedagogy and serves as editor of «The New Europe at the Crossroads» conference proceedings published by Peter Lang.