Europe: Insights from the Outside

Christine Mielke; Prof. Dr. Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha

doi:10.5771/9783845228310

Summary

The volume was developed on the basis of a concept that goes beyond a thematically closed panorama of Europe’s socio-cultural make-up, particularly in relation to multicultural and transcultural phenomena. Foreign-born and non-European authors were asked to describe their specific perspectives and experiences as “outsiders”, providing new perceptions to persons enculturated in Europe. They give voice to the expectations that a globalised world addresses to Europe, whereby European self-myths are often called into question and corrected. Having decided to immigrate to a European country for different reasons – be they private or political – biographical circumstances permit some of the authors to take up positions offering unusual insights. In the unfamiliar light of this European perspective linked to a non-European point of reference, developments and decisions in the EU about its direction in the coming years, take on a different appearance and open themselves to a more discerning scrutiny.

Including contributions by Susan Neiman, Badr Mohammed, Ralph Ghadban, Anil Bhatti, Hans Lenk, J. Peter Burgess, Nasr H. Abu Zaid, Tahir Abbas, Necla Kelek, Serap Çileli, Bashy Quraishy, Shigeko Kubota, Sheela Patel, Minxin Pei, Mario Gomez, Mona Abousenna, Mourad Wahba, and Michael March.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-5583-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-2831-0
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär
Volume: 5
Language: English
Pages: 189
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 8
Europe: Insights from the Outside An Introduction No access Pages 9 - 18 Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha
Europe/The Outside/Enlightenment No access Pages 19 - 24 Susan Neiman
The Europe of the New Young Germans No access Pages 25 - 32 Badr Mohammed
Europe and Its Foreigners. From Eurocentrism to Multiculturalism No access Pages 33 - 42 Ralph Ghadban
Remarks on Culture and Diversity No access Pages 43 - 50 Anil Bhatti
What Is Characteristic of Europe’ s Unity of Values? No access Pages 51 - 58 Hans Lenk
Culture Fortress Europa. On the Necessity and Impossibility of Being European No access Pages 59 - 66 J. Peter Burgess
Islam in Europe/Europe Against Islam! Europe, Open Your Eyes No access Pages 67 - 74 Nasr H. Abu Zaid
Being a Muslim Minority Today and the 'Spaces of Hope' No access Pages 75 - 80 Tahir Abbas
The Freedom that I Mean ... or The Heart – or Wurst – of the Matter No access Pages 81 - 92 Necla Kelek
Muslim Women Between Emancipation and Self-Denial No access Pages 93 - 98 Serap Çileli
A Minority Perspective on the EU’s Commitment to Promoting Anti-Discrimination Policies No access Pages 99 - 118 Bashy Quraishy
Fostering a 'Religion': Another Side of Multiculturalism No access Pages 119 - 132 Shigeko Kubota
Recasting the Vision of Megacities in the South. Emerging Challenges for the North-South Dialogue in Development No access Pages 133 - 142 Sheela Patel
When Illusion Meets Reality: The Evolving Relationship Between China and Europe No access Pages 143 - 148 Minxin Pei
Sri Lanka’s Search for Sustainable Peace No access Pages 149 - 160 Mario Gomez
Intercultural Dialogue Between European and Non-European Societies in a Globalised World No access Pages 161 - 166 Mona Abousenna
Cultures in Conflict or in Dialogue? Europe in the 21st Century Seen from Egypt No access Pages 167 - 170 Mourad Wahba
"The Individual Is Always Defeated in the End" No access Pages 171 - 176 Michael March
About the Authors No access Pages 177 - 189