in:
Nora : nordic journal of women's studies
Oslo:
2004
,
130 - 142 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Braidotti, Rosi info |
| In: | Nora : nordic journal of women's studies |
| Jahr: | 2004 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Beschreibung: | |
| The notion of the "new" European identity as a multicultural social space within the framework of the European Union is controversial to say the least, especially in the Euro-sceptical context of the Nordic countries. The EU is positioned simultaneously as a major player within the global economy and as a new experiment in governance. The European Union is seen by its opponents as the contemporary variation on the historical theme of a self-appointed centre which universalizes its own reading of "civilization". It also constitutes, however, a solid social democratic and hence progressive project which counteracts the aggressive neo-liberalism of USA on a number of key issues (privacy, telecommunication, genetically modified food and the environment). I want to argue on philosophical grounds that the project of the European Union makes uropean identity into a contested notion not only among the member states but also within them. This process of revision of identity triggers contradictory reactions. Not the least contradictory is the simultaneous celebration of transnational spaces on the one hand, and the resurgence of hyper-nationalisms at the micro-level: regional and even more local. The global city and Fortress Europe stand face-to-face (Sassen 1995). In such a context, I want to defend a process of "becoming minoritarian" of Europe as a way of by-passing Eurocentrism (Deleuze and Guattari 1980). My arguments rest on historical as well as theoretical grounds: the project of the European Union originates from the acceptance of the decline of nationalism—it is a post-nationalist project which has the potential to open a new era in European self-reflection... | |
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