Le spectre communiste, un fantôme dans la maison européenne

Trying to write a history of ideas based on the study of the confrontation between Europeanism and Communism may seem incongruous: if Communism claims to be an ideology, Europeanism appears on the other hand as a mere practical option aiming at the integration of a continent. However, before becomin...

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Main Author: Bertrand Vayssière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UMR 5136- France, Amériques, Espagne – Sociétés, Pouvoirs, Acteurs (FRAMESPA) 2021-03-01
Series:Les Cahiers de Framespa
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/framespa/10299
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description Trying to write a history of ideas based on the study of the confrontation between Europeanism and Communism may seem incongruous: if Communism claims to be an ideology, Europeanism appears on the other hand as a mere practical option aiming at the integration of a continent. However, before becoming a reality, European construction was based on specific values, among which was the confrontation with other ideas, particularly Communism. This article will show that thinking about Europe implies thinking about how to fight against Communism and its expansionist tendencies. Hence a dialectical relationship between these two mental constructions, if only because of their simultaneous emergence in political debates, which lead historian Tony Judt to say that "the opposite of Communism was not capitalism but Europe".
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European identity
European Union
title Le spectre communiste, un fantôme dans la maison européenne
title_full Le spectre communiste, un fantôme dans la maison européenne
title_fullStr Le spectre communiste, un fantôme dans la maison européenne
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title_short Le spectre communiste, un fantôme dans la maison européenne
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