Europe After Derrida: Crisis and Potentiality Paperback - 2016

'This is an outstanding collection of essays on the recent history, the contemporary predicament, and the future promise of Europe. Inspired by Jacques Derrida's reflections on Europe in The Other Heading and elsewhere, these essays pose critical questions regarding the past problems and the future prospects of Europe's geographical, economic, political, cultural and, especially, religious identity. It's a collection as unified and diverse, as compelling and provocative, as "Europe itself".' Michael Naas, De Paul University Having anticipated a crisis-to-come, what can Derrida offer today's Europe? Is Europe's dilemma merely a financial one? It has been widely understood as such, yet its scope and implications far exceed Europe's financial markets. As divisions widen and the previously unspeakable - the dissolution of Europe - begins to be whispered. The contributors to this volume - now in paperback - suggest that the contemporary crisis is a manifestation of an older and more fundamental one: the crisis of European identity. Centred on the questions of 'What is called Europe?' and 'How should Europe be?', it was diagnosed two decades ago by Jacques Derrida. It is a crisis to which Europe has thus far been unable to respond, and yet it must do so if it is to survive. Tackling issues ranging from Europe's legal, institutional and cultural identity to its border, citizenship and integration policies, and the legacies for the future, this book interrogates the multiple dimensions of Europe's crisis. By revisiting Derrida's diagnosis of the crisis of European identity, this book offers an alternative response to the current orthodoxy of financial panic. The obstinacy of the crisi demands this reengagement with Derrida's thought on Europe, and with Europe after Derrida. Agnes Czajka is a lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the Open University. Bora Isyar's articles have appeared in Nations and Nationalism, Journal of Common Market Studies, Open Democracy, Near East Quarterly and various edited volumes. His research interests include continental philosophy, political theory, and theories of democracy. Cover image: Angelus Novus, Paul Klee, 1920 (c) Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Cover design: [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com