Overview

Drawing upon the disciplines of politics, anthropology, psychoanalysis, aesthetics and cinema studies, Salgo presents a new way of looking at the art of European unification. The official visual narratives of the European Union constitute the main object of inquiry - the iconography of the new series of euro banknotes and the videos through which the supranational elite seek to generate collective effervescence, allow for a European carnival to take place, and prompt citizens to pledge allegiance to the sacred dogma of the ever closer union, thereby strengthening the mythical sources of the organization's legitimacy. The author seeks to illustrate how and why the federalist utopia turned into a political soteriology after the outbreak of the 2008 crisis.

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Author:   Eszter Salgo
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781785336188

ISBN 10:   1785336185
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   01 August 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: The (Long-Desired) Rebirth of Europe's Fantastic Family PART I: NUMINOUS STORIES ABOUT EUROPE'S REBIRTH Chapter 1. Need for a Paradise Dream Chapter 2. Manifestations of Eurofederalists' Paradise Dream Chapter 3. The Tale of Seductive Europa PART II: THE PROMISE OF A NEW SYMBOL Chapter 4. Welcome to the Center of the European Mandala! Chapter 5. Europa's Sacred Gaze Chapter 6. The European Central Bank's Story of Abundance: In Between Sacred Rituals and Political Marketing PART III: EUROPEAN FESTIVAL TALES Chapter 7. The Promise of European Rituals Chapter 8. Rise like a Phoenix : A New Anthem for (Federal) Europe Chapter 9. The 2014 Elections of the European Parliament: Preparing for a European Carnival Concluding Remarks: The European Union's (Magic-Less) Bridge-Builders Bibliography Index

Reviews

...a very original and compelling read. It succeeds in synthesizing important theoretical insights with a powerful narrative. An essential contribution to a psycho-cultural understanding of the EU. * Frank Furedi, University of Kent at Canterbury This is a highly interesting and at times intriguing take on a very timely and difficult topic: the uncertain political present and future of the European Union. It combines in original ways psychoanalytical and anthropological approaches to the study of identity politics... The empirical part of the book... provides a convincing and insightful narrative of the symbolic politics practiced by European elites especially after the 2008 crisis. * Camil Francisc Roman, University of Cambridge This is a very timely and thoroughly researched work that shows how psychoanalytical theory can make an important contribution to our understanding of the EU and its discourses. * Jaro Stacul, Memorial University of Newfoundland

This is a highly interesting and at times intriguing take on a very timely and difficult topic: the uncertain political present and future of the European Union. It combines in original ways psychoanalytical and anthropological approaches to the study of symbolic politics... The empirical part of the book... provides overall a convincing and insightful narrative of the symbolic politics practiced by European elites especially after the 2008 crisis. * Camil Francisc Roman, University of Cambridge

Author Information

Eszter Salgo teaches at the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, at John Cabot University, in Rome. Her previous work includes Psychoanalytic Reflections on Politics: Fatherlands in Mothers' Hands (Routledge, 2014).

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