Europe: culture area, geo-ideological construct or illusion?
- 1 June 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography
- Vol. 47 (2) , 57-67
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00291959308552307
Abstract
This article presents different ways of conceiving Europe: as part of a cultural realm, as the place of an ‘economic miracle’, as a community formed by shared cultural experiences, modernity and ideology. Can these approaches help distinguish Europe from non-Europe? After a brief account of the discussion on Europe's geographical boundaries, Europe is considered in the context of geo-ideology by posing the question: To what extent do ‘pan-Europeanism’ and projects of European political unity define Europe as an entity for geographic study?Keywords
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