Abendland oder Europa?
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Reiner Anselm
Abstract
Proceeding from the thesis of Remi Bragues, that Europe constantly attains its identity in contras and via delimitation, this article describes the Catholic and Protestant concept of Europe which was developed in the 19th century: Both agree in the rejection of Enlightenment ideals, and yet pursue different interests: While the Catholic line strives toward integration by means of the Church, Protestantism relies upon the nation state. These two lines can be understood as blueprints of current controversies: How is the relationship between the nation state and the European Union to be determined? Does Europe need a unifying basis of values? Finally, the article makes a case for integration by means of seeking a common law which is open to different national and worldview traditions, and for seeing the independent profile of Europe in such secular law.
© 2014 by Gütersloher Verlagshaus
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Articles in the same Issue
- Titelei
- Inhalt
- Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Einleitung
- Kommentar
- Hauptsache gerecht
- Studien
- Europa in der Krise
- Problemfelder der Menschenwürdedebatte in Deutschland und Europa und die Ensembletheorie der Menschenwürde
- Abendland oder Europa?
- Identität(en) zwischen Universalismus und Partikularismus
- Das ethische Stichwort
- Ethik/Moral
- Rezensionen
- Bibliographie
- Autoren
