The Pursuit of Europe by Anthony Pagden
The story of the evolution of the 'European project', from the end of the Napoleonic Wars through to Brexit, this is also the story of how, and why, it become possible to imagine that the diverse peoples of Europe might be united in a single political community.
Pagden's comprehensive study is a sure guide in an increasingly crowded field, putting all the tools of the intellectual historian of deep historical and cultural understanding to best useThis is the best available historical account of European construction. * Hugh Drochon, Times Literary Supplement 14/04/2022 *
[A] bold new book ... Readers of Pagden's earlier books will recognise in The Pursuit of Europe the characteristic grand sweeps, sparkling prose and mission to use the past to shed light on the present. * David Armitage, Literary Review *
A valuable and important read. * Brian Maye, Irish Times *
Pagden is surely the perfect man to delve into the complex roots of the European idea...[this is a] wonderfully wide-ranging study. * Giles MacDonogh, writer and historian *
[A] provocative book well worth reading. * Peter McPhee, Australian Book Review *
[A] bold new book ... Readers of Pagden's earlier books will recognise in The Pursuit of Europe the characteristic grand sweeps, sparkling prose and mission to use the past to shed light on the present. * David Armitage, Literary Review *
A valuable and important read. * Brian Maye, Irish Times *
Pagden is surely the perfect man to delve into the complex roots of the European idea...[this is a] wonderfully wide-ranging study. * Giles MacDonogh, writer and historian *
[A] provocative book well worth reading. * Peter McPhee, Australian Book Review *
Anthony Pagden has published widely on both Spanish and European history and has worked as a translator and as a publisher in addition to his many academic posts. He taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard before a professorship at Johns Hopkins University, and he is currently Distinguished Professor of Political Science and History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Two of his most recent publications, Worlds at War: The 2,500 Year Struggle Between East and West (2008) and The Enlightenment: and Why It Still Matters (2013), were also published by Oxford University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198757665 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198757662 |
| Title | The Pursuit of Europe |
| Author | Anthony Pagden |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2022-01-13 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
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