Critical theories of crisis in Europe : from Weimar to the Euro / edited by Poul F. Kjaer and Niklas Olsen.

Other author Kjaer, Poul F. editor.
Other author Olsen, Niklas, 1975- editor.
Format Book
PublicationLondon ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd., [2016]
Descriptionxx, 251 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Europe--Politics and government. --20th century.

SeriesReinventing critical theory
Reinventing critical theory. ^A1334527
Contents Part I. Semantics, notions and narratives of societal crisis -- What time frame makes sense for thinking about crises? / David Runciman -- The stakes of crisis / Janet Roitman -- Part II. Weimar and the interwar period ideologies of antimodernism and liberalism -- The crisis of modernity-modernity as crisis: toward a typology of crisis discourses in interwar East Central Europe and beyond / Balázs Trencsényi -- European legitimacy crises-Weimar and today rational and theocratic authority in the Schmitt-Strauss exchange / John P. McCormick -- Crisis and the consumer: reconstructions of liberalism in twentieth-century political thought / Niklas Olsen -- Part III. The causes of crises from corporatism to governance -- The constitutionalization of labour law and the crisis of national democracy / Chris Thornhill -- Conflict and the crisis in labour law: from Weimar to austerity / Ruth Dukes -- From the crisis of corporatism to he crisis of governance / Poul F. Kjaer. -- Part IV. The Euro and the crisis of law and democracy -- What is left of the European Economic Constitution II? : from Pyrrhic victory to Cannae defeat / Christian Joerges -- Reflections on Europe's 'Rule of law crises' / Jan-Werner Müller -- Democracy under siege: the decay of constitutionalization and the crisis of public law and public opinion / Hauke Brunkhorst -- Part V. The consequences of crises and the future of Europe -- Crises and extralegality from above and from below / William E. Scheuerman -- 'We could go down the road of Lebanon': crisis thinking on the anti-Muslim far rights / Mikkel Thorup -- Conclusions and perspectives: the reconstitution of Europe / Poul F. Jkaer and Kiklas Olsen.
Abstract This book provides truly interdisciplinary analysis, bridging the gap between humanities, legal and social science approaches to the ongoing crisis in Europe.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9781783487462 paperback
ISBN1783487461 paperback
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