History and Belonging

In cultural and intellectual terms one of the EU's most important objectives in pursuing unification has been to develop a common historical narrative of Europe. Across ten compelling case studies this volume examines the premises underlying such a project to ask: Could such an uncontested history of Europe ever exist? Combining studies of national politics supranational institutions and the fraught EU-Mideast periphery with a particular focus on the twentieth century the contributors to History and Belonging offer a fascinating survey of the attempt to forge a post-national identity politics.