Do I belong? reflections from Europe / edited by Antony Lerman.
| Other author | Lerman, Antony. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : PlutoPress, 2017. |
| Description | viii, 303 pages ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Europe's problem with otherness / Zia Haider Rahman -- When do you eat lunch? / Isolde Charim -- The missing link? Building solidarity among Black Europeans / Rob Berkeley -- From the European puzzle to a puzzled Europe / Marion Demossier -- The bird's religion / Şeyda Emek -- The constructed European / Catherine Fieschi -- Guilty pleasure / Lars Ebert -- A world of difference / Brian Klug -- A never-ending story : my belonging journey / Viola Raheb -- The Paris 2015 attacks and the eclipse of senses of belonging in Europe / Umut Bozkurt -- Home and homelessness in Europe / Göran Rosenberg -- The undiscovered continent / Doron Rabinovici -- Growing up under different skies / Diana Pinto -- The profound and ambivalent nature of belonging in the UE / Montserrat Guibernau -- Questioning belonging in the post-diasporic museum / Hanno Loewy -- The accidental European / Nira Yuval-Davis -- Belonging to the contact zone / Nora Sternfeld -- The unfinished business of our own belongings / Antony Lerman. |
| Abstract | Beginning in childhood, one of our strongest and most fundamental human emotions is the desire to belong. This emotion extends beyond merely the self, affecting on a macro scale at a political level. Since its foundation in 1957, the European Union has encouraged people across its member states to feel a sense of belonging to one united international community--with very mixed results. Today, faced with the fracturing impact of the migration crisis, threats of terrorism, and rising tensions, governments within and outside the EU now seek to impose a different kind of belonging through policies of exclusion and border control. Ithis collection of personal essays, a diverse group of novelists, journalists, and activists reflect on their own individual senses of citizen belonging. In creative and disarming ways, they confront the challenges of nationalism, populism, racism, and fundamentalism and offer fascinating insights into some of the most pressing questions of our day: Why do people fear growing diversity? Is there truly a European identity? Who determines who belongs?-- Provided by Publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022435570 |
| ISBN | 9780745399959 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0745399959 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780745399942 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0745399940 (paperback) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |