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Europe United in Diversity—An Analogical Hermeneutics Perspective
(2020)
Abstract
At a moment when a new crisis threatens Europe—a crisis containing, among other ingredients, Brexit, COVID-19 and a faltering economy—the EU’s motto motto ‘Europe united in diversity’ would appear progressively less attainable. This article submits that the European ideal is still both desirable and possible, and advances four key concepts in the fostering of unity at the level of the polity as an entity and as a community: ‘analogical federation, ‘analogical culture’, ‘relational interculturalism’ and ‘public sphere secularity ’. These concepts share the common intuition that the EU should envisage itself in a more flexible manner, and though they are circumscribed to a political theory framework, their implications could impact integration, social and economic policy.
Keywords
- analogical culture,
- analogical federation,
- European integration,
- public sphere secularity,
- relational interculturalism
Disciplines
Publication Date
2020
Citation Information
Pablo Cristóbal Jiménez Lobeira. "Europe United in Diversity—An Analogical Hermeneutics Perspective" (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/pablo-jimnezlobeira/21/
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