The Boundaries of Europe: From the Fall of the Ancient World to the Age of Decolonisation

Publicly Available Published by De Gruyter Akademie Forschung 2015

The Boundaries of Europe

From the Fall of the Ancient World to the Age of Decolonisation

Edited by: Pietro Rossi

Volume 1 in the series Discourses on Intellectual Europe

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110420722

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About this book

Europe’s boundaries have mainly been shaped by cultural, religious, and political conceptions rather than by geography. This volume of bilingual essays from renowned European scholars outlines the transformation of Europe’s boundaries from the fall of the ancient world to the age of decolonization, or the end of the explicit endeavor to “Europeanize” the world. From the decline of the Roman Empire to the polycentrism of today’s world, the essays span such aspects as the confrontation of Christian Europe with Islam and the changing role of the Mediterranean from “mare nostrum” to a frontier between nations. Scandinavia, eastern Europe and the Atlantic are also analyzed as boundaries in the context of exploration, migratory movements, cultural exchanges, and war. The Boundaries of Europe, edited by Pietro Rossi, is the first installment in the ALLEA book series Discourses on Intellectual Europe, which seeks to explore the question of an intrinsic or quintessential European identity in light of the rising skepticism towards Europe as an integrated cultural and intellectual region.

Author / Editor information

Pietro Rossi, University of Turin, Italy.

Reviews

"[...] der Leser [wird] über Entwicklungen und (teils diskussionswürdige) Kontinuitäten von der Antike bis in die heutige Zeit hinaus mit Perspektivwechseln, Brüchen, gegenläufigen Tendenzen und unterschiedlichen Innen- und Außenperspektiven konfrontiert. Differenzierend zwischen geographischen, staatlich-territorialen und mentalen Grenzen trägt jeder Beitrag auf seine Weise dazu bei, den Prozess der Herausbildung Europas eben gerade nicht als geradlinig und selbstverständlich zu begreifen. [...] Wer nach einem kompakten Einstieg sucht, um sich einen schnellen Überblick über wichtige Aspekte der Geschichte Europas und des europäischen Selbstverständnisses zu verschaffen, wird den Bd. sicherlich mit Gewinn zur Hand nehmen."
Kordula Wolf in: QFIAB 97 (2017), S. 451-452

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Foreword by Series Editor Günter Stock Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Premessa Pietro Rossi Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Foreword Pietro Rossi Publicly Available Download PDF	14
Il Mediterraneo da “mare nostrum” a frontiera tra civiltà Arnaldo Marcone Publicly Available Download PDF	27
The Mediterranean from “Mare Nostrum” to Frontier between Civilisations Arnaldo Marcone Publicly Available Download PDF	42
L’Europa e l’Islam: incontri e scontri Franco Cardini Publicly Available Download PDF	57
Europe and Islam: Encounters and Confrontations Franco Cardini Publicly Available Download PDF	76
The Conquest of the North Bo Stråth Publicly Available Download PDF	95
Die Ausdehnung nach Osten Manfred Hildermeier Publicly Available Download PDF	111
Europa und das Osmanische Reich Markus Koller Publicly Available Download PDF	139
Europe and the Ottoman Empire Markus Koller Publicly Available Download PDF	157
La Russia tra Europa e Asia Alberto Masoero Publicly Available Download PDF	175
Russia between Europe and Asia Alberto Masoero Publicly Available Download PDF	192
Europe and the Atlantic John H. Elliott Publicly Available Download PDF	209
L’Europeizzazione del mondo e il suo declino Massimo L. Salvadori Publicly Available Download PDF	223
The Europeanisation of the World: Its Rise and Decline Massimo L. Salvadori Publicly Available Download PDF	241
The Authors Publicly Available Download PDF	257

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Akademie Forschung
Audience: Researchers and Scholars (European History; Political and Social Sciences)
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 258
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 10
Keywords: Europäische Integration; Grenzpolitik; Transnationalisierung

eBook

Published: April 24, 2015
ISBN: 9783110420722

Hardcover

Published: April 17, 2015
ISBN: 9783110425567