Jean Cousin, « L’Enlèvement d’Europe », vers 1550
Jean Cousin, « L’Enlèvement d’Europe », vers 1550
7,194 words
English original here
En tant que « pan-européiste » de longue date, j’ai lu un certain nombre de critiques du pan-européisme soulignant l’opposition supposée de cette idéologie à la préservation des différences qui existent entre les divers peuples européens. (more…)
Jean Cousin, “The Abduction of Europa,” circa 1550
Jean Cousin, “The Abduction of Europa,” circa 1550
6,385 words
French translation here
As a long-time “pan-Europeanist,” I have read a number of critiques of pan-Europeanism focused on that ideology’s alleged opposition to the preservation of differences that exist between various European peoples. (more…)
Abbott Handerson Thayer, Stevenson Memorial, 1903
Abbott Handerson Thayer, Stevenson Memorial, 1903
1,713 words
Essential elements of modern nationalism existed in early times in the form of tribalism. In fact, modern European nationalism is often excoriated by critics as a form of tribalism or racism. According to English anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith, in prehistoric times man everywhere lived in small, isolated bands. Yet by the dawn of history, small tribes had become “welded by war and conquest into bigger and bigger units.” (more…)