The New Old World - Hardcover

Anderson, Perry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184467312X ISBN 13: 9781844673124

Publisher: Verso, 2009

Synopsis

The New Old World looks at the history of the European Union, the core continental countries within it, and the issue of its further expansion into Asia. It opens with a consideration of the origins and outcomes of European integration since the Second World War, and how today’s EU has been theorized across a range of contemporary disciplines. It then moves to more detailed accounts of political and cultural developments in the three principal states of the original Common Market–France, Germany and Italy. A third section explores the interrelated histories of Cyprus and Turkey that pose a leading geopolitical challenge to the Community. The book ends by tracing ideas of European unity from the Enlightenment to the present, and their bearing on the future of the Union. The New Old World offers a critical portrait of a continent now increasingly hailed as a moral and political example to the world at large.

About this title

About the Author:

Perry Anderson is the author of, among other books, Spectrum, Lineages of the Absolutist State, Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism, Considerations on Western Marxism, English Questions, The Origins of Postmodernity, and The New Old World. He teaches history at UCLA and is on the editorial board of New Left Review.

Review:

“A hugely ambitious and panoramic political book.”—Andy Beckett, Guardian

“As insightful, combative and invigorating as its illustrious predecessors.”—Mark Mazower, Nation

“Anderson is among the most insightful and policy-relevant analysts of modern Europe.”—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs

“Fascinating.”—Glyn Morgan, Dissent

“European pieties go under the knife.”—John Lloyd, Financial Times

“A magisterial view of the evolution of the European Union.”—Anne McElvoy, New Statesman

“Necessary reading for anyone seeking a critical understanding of the EU.”—Socialist Studies

“In the current climate of Euro-conformism reflected in (mostly technocratic and government-funded) conferences and symposia about the future of Europe and the European Union, Perry Anderson has attempted to open up a democratic, lively public debate about the political and economic directions European countries are taking.”—Nata a Kova?evi?, Mediations

“A scintillating display of fireworks.”—Times Higher Educational Supplement

“Vast and sometimes brilliant.”—Economist

“Engaging, but eccentric ... Anderson is perceptive, and scathing ... with a wealth of argument and illustration.”—Jonathan Sumption, Spectator

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 184467312X
• ISBN 13: 9781844673124
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 561