European Identity: Its Feasibility and Desirability

The further evolution of the European Union is mainly dependent on how its citizens relate to their fellow Europeans speaking a score of languages and belonging to a variety of cultures. This book addresses the question of whether a new sense of collective self-identification, labeled “European identity,” a special form of socio-territorial identities, is emerging.

Collective identities are works in progress, they entail a salient strategic—activist and future-oriented—dimension. Divergent ...