Images Of Europe

Author : Francesco Mangiapane,Tiziana Migliore
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030692407

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This book deals with the fundamental semantics of images of Europe, which consist of valences, mirror beliefs and affectivities. This is why it relaunches the importance of the European discourse in its symbolic dimension. As such, it explores the many images of Europe, or rather the many images through which European discourse is actually constituted in daily life, in search of their enunciative responsibility in today’s world for determining the current “State of the Union”. The identity of the European continent is based on a millenary tension between universalism and particularism: images of Europe have in fact been alternately inspired, over the centuries, by a model of homogeneity – Roman and Carolingian imperial disposition – on the one hand, and by a model of fragmentation – a Europe of city-states, municipalities, regions and small fatherlands – on the other. In the European Union, a political and economic organism, this issue has recently been amplified to the point that it has reentered public debate, and political parties that are only recognizable for being Europeanists or anti-Europeanists are now ubiquitous. In this regard, one major bone of contention is how to portray the quintessential aspects of the European territory, which are either interpreted as “thresholds” to be overcome in the name of a model of United Europe – “integral totality” – or are instead regarded as insurmountable obstacles for a Europe that is irreparably and perhaps, according to anti-Europeanists, fortunately fragmented – “partitive totality”. Further, this is to be done without excluding the possibility of contradictory and complementary solutions to these binary visions. In this context the book analyzes various texts in order to obtain a more precise picture of the clash, reveal its semiotic forms, and by doing so, identify a way out of the crisis.

Author : Philipp Scherzer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110764017

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Neoconservative Images of Europe by Philipp Scherzer Pdf

While in the last twenty years perceptions of Europe have been subjected to detailed historical scrutiny, American images of the Old World have been almost wantonly neglected. As a response to this scholarly desideratum, this pioneering study analyzes neoconservative images of Europe since the 1970s on the basis of an extensive collection of sources. With fresh insight into the evolution of American images of Europe as well as into the history of U.S. neoconservatism, the book appeals to readers familiar and new to the subject matters alike. The study explores how, beginning in the early 1970s, ideas of the United States as an anti-Europe have permeated neoconservative writing and shaped their self-images and political agitation. The choice of periodization and investigated personnel enables the author to refute popular claims that widespread Euro-critical sentiment in the United Studies during the early 21st century – considerably ignited by neoconservatives – was a distinct post-Cold War phenomenon. Instead, the analysis reveals that the fiery rhetoric in the context of the Iraq War debates was merely the climax of a decade-old development.

Author : Leen d’Haenens,Willem Joris,François Heinderyckx
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789462701809

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Images of Immigrants and Refugees in Western Europe by Leen d’Haenens,Willem Joris,François Heinderyckx Pdf

Perception and representation of newcomers and immigrants The topic of migration has become particularly contentious in national and international debates. Media have a discernable impact on overall societal attitudes towards this phenomenon. Polls show time and again that immigration is one of the most important issues occupying people’s minds. This book examines the dynamic interplay between media representations of migrants and refugees on the one hand and the governmental and societal (re)actions to these on the other. Largely focusing on Belgium and Sweden, this collection of interdisciplinary research essays attempts to unravel the determinants of people’s preferences regarding migration policy, expectations towards newcomers, and economic, humanitarian and cultural concerns about immigration’s effect on the majority population’s life. Whilst migrants and refugees remain voiceless and highly underrepresented in the legacy media, this volume allows their voices to be heard. Contributors: Leen d’Haenens (KU Leuven), Willem Joris (KU Leuven), Paul Puschmann (KU Leuven/Radboud University Nijmegen), Ebba Sundin (Halmstad University), David De Coninck (KU Leuven), Rozane De Cock (KU Leuven), Valériane Mistiaen (Université libre de Bruxelles), Lutgard Lams (KU Leuven), Stefan Mertens (KU Leuven), Olivier Standaert (UC Louvain), Hanne Vandenberghe (KU Leuven), Koen Matthijs (KU Leuven), Kevin Smets (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Jacinthe Mazzocchetti (UC Louvain), Lorraine Gerstmans (UC Louvain), Lien Mostmans (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), and François Heinderyckx (Université libre de Bruxelles) Ebook available in Open Access. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content). With thanks to the funding provided by Belspo (Belgian Science Policy Office), as part of the framework programme BRAIN-be (Belgian Research Action Through Interdisciplinary Networks), contract nr BR/165/A4/IM2MEDIATE.

Author : Benjamin Drechsel,Claus Leggewie
Publisher : Studien Verlag, Austria
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Europe
ISBN : 3706548607

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United in Visual Diversity by Benjamin Drechsel,Claus Leggewie Pdf

Europe has no outstanding political icon. Yet, lots of weaker motifs and widespread iconographies give Europe a face to be seen. The motto of the European Union proves to be well founded, when it comes to images and counter-images of Europe. The texts in this volume analyze central, peripheral, and external iconographies; they add some interesting facets to our knowledge of these various different visual constructions of Europe.

Author : DavidS. Areford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351539678

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The Viewer and the Printed Image in Late Medieval Europe by DavidS. Areford Pdf

Structured around in-depth and interconnected case studies and driven by a methodology of material, contextual, and iconographic analysis, this book argues that early European single-sheet prints, in both the north and south, are best understood as highly accessible objects shaped and framed by individual viewers. Author David Areford offers a synthetic historical narrative of early prints that stresses their unusual material nature, as well as their accessibility to a variety of viewers, both lay and monastic. This volume represents a shift in the study of the early printed image, one that mirrors the widespread movement in art history away from issues of production, style, and the artist toward issues of reception, function, and the viewer. Areford's approach is intensely grounded in the object, especially the unacknowledged material complexity of the print as a portable, malleable, and accessible image that depended on a response that was not only visual but often physical, emotional, and psychological. Recognizing that early prints were not primarily designed for aesthetic appreciation, the author analyzes how their meanings stemmed from specific functions involving private devotion, protection, indulgences, the cult of saints, pilgrimage, exorcism, the art of memory, and anti-Semitic propaganda. Although the medium's first century was clearly transitional and experimental, Areford explores how its potential to impact viewers in new ways?both positive and negative?was quickly realized.

Author : Giovanna Naldi
Publisher : Alinari 24 Ore
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 886302006X

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Images of Europe by Giovanna Naldi Pdf

Uniting the history, culture, industry, and trade of the 27 countries that make up the European Union, this book tells a truly unique story of Europe in pictures. The result is one single, fascinating picture, interspersed with each nation's identity and with the great unifying themes of the European continent, by looking into the economy, the organization of work, the educational systems, fashion, the urban infrastructure of the cities and the countries' landscapes. This one-of-a-kind work gives a fascinating insight into European history and culture by using photography as an information medium.

Author : Mai Palmberg
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9171064788

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Encounter Images in the Meetings Between Africa and Europe by Mai Palmberg Pdf

Positive images of Africa contrast with negative images of misery, war and catastrophes often conveyed by the mass media. This selection of papers debate the images and stereotypes of Africa.

Author : Tina Campt
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822350743

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Image Matters by Tina Campt Pdf

Campt explores the affective resonances of two archives of Black European photographs for those pictured, their families, and the community. Image Matters looks at photograph collections of four Black German families taken between 1900 and the end of World War II and a set of portraits of Afro-Caribbean migrants to Britain taken at a photographic studio in Birmingham between 1948 and 1960.

Author : Francis Tapon
Publisher : SonicTrek, Inc.
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780976581222

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The Hidden Europe by Francis Tapon Pdf

For many Westerners, Eastern Europe is about as appealing as a deodorant-free French armpit. That didn't scare Francis Tapon because not only did he learn how to rough it by walking across America four times, but he is also half French, so he kind of smells too. Francis spent nearly 3 years travelling and backpacking in 25 Eastern European countries. It started with a 5-month trip in 2004. He returned in 2008 to spend 3 years exploring all the countries again. The Hidden Europe is Book Two of the WanderLearn Series.

Author : Katarzyna Murawska-Muthesius
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351034401

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Imaging and Mapping Eastern Europe by Katarzyna Murawska-Muthesius Pdf

Imaging and Mapping Eastern Europe puts images centre stage and argues for the agency of the visual in the construction of Europe’s east as a socio-political and cultural entity. This book probes into the discontinuous processes of mapping the eastern European space and imaging the eastern European body. Beginning from the Renaissance maps of Sarmatia Europea, it moves onto the images of women in ethnic dress on the pages of travellers’ reports from the Balkans, to cartoons of children bullied by dictators in the satirical press, to Cold War cartography, and it ends with photos of protesting crowds on contemporary dust jackets. Studying the eastern European ‘iconosphere’ leads to the engagement with issues central for image studies and visual culture: word and image relationship, overlaps between the codes of othering and self-fashioning, as well as interaction between the diverse modes of production specific to cartography, travel illustrations, caricature, and book cover design. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, visual culture, and central Asian, Russian and Eastern European studies.

Author : L. Godart,A. Puri Prini,G. Puglisi,L. Passerini,V. Zamagni,I. Zannier,L. Gervereau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8863020361

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Images of Europe by L. Godart,A. Puri Prini,G. Puglisi,L. Passerini,V. Zamagni,I. Zannier,L. Gervereau Pdf

The book tells about the Images of Europe through a journey of extraordinary photographic and iconographic value, which unites the history, culture, industry and trade of 27 countries that make up the European Union into one single, fascinating picture

Author : Francesco Mangiapane,Tiziana Migliore
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 3030692426

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Images of Europe by Francesco Mangiapane,Tiziana Migliore Pdf

This book deals with the fundamental semantics of images of Europe, which consist of valences, mirror beliefs and affectivities. This is why it relaunches the importance of the European discourse in its symbolic dimension. As such, it explores the many images of Europe, or rather the many images through which European discourse is actually constituted in daily life, in search of their enunciative responsibility in today’s world for determining the current “State of the Union”. The identity of the European continent is based on a millenary tension between universalism and particularism: images of Europe have in fact been alternately inspired, over the centuries, by a model of homogeneity – Roman and Carolingian imperial disposition – on the one hand, and by a model of fragmentation – a Europe of city-states, municipalities, regions and small fatherlands – on the other. In the European Union, a political and economic organism, this issue has recently been amplified to the point that it has reentered public debate, and political parties that are only recognizable for being Europeanists or anti-Europeanists are now ubiquitous. In this regard, one major bone of contention is how to portray the quintessential aspects of the European territory, which are either interpreted as “thresholds” to be overcome in the name of a model of United Europe – “integral totality” – or are instead regarded as insurmountable obstacles for a Europe that is irreparably and perhaps, according to anti-Europeanists, fortunately fragmented – “partitive totality”. Further, this is to be done without excluding the possibility of contradictory and complementary solutions to these binary visions. In this context the book analyzes various texts in order to obtain a more precise picture of the clash, reveal its semiotic forms, and by doing so, identify a way out of the crisis.

Author : Anthony Molho,Diogo Ramada Curto,Niki Koniordos
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1845452089

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Finding Europe by Anthony Molho,Diogo Ramada Curto,Niki Koniordos Pdf

"This is an important collection and starting point for the worthy goal of promoting a better understanding of the past that makes it less able to be manipulated for contemporary political and religious aims...Compiled out of the European past, its aim of a better understanding of traditional values ought to be useful for contemporary cultures and for the work of scholars of all cultures and continents." - Renaissance Quarterly In the last decade or so, many books have been devoted to the history of Europe.Two conceptual axes predominate in a large number of these accounts: a discourse focusing on Europe's values, and another discourse, fashioned largely in opposition to the first, which emphasizes the process of European "construction." The first conceives of Europe's past teleologically, as a process by which certain values (Christian ethics, individualism, capitalism, tolerance, republicanism, due process, etc.) were affirmed and came to define European culture. The second approach rejects the discourse on values emphasizes the post-Enlightenment emergence of the concept of Europe, and the political and ideological implications in its continuous redefinitions (and re elaborations) during the past two or more centuries. This volume offers new approaches that integrate the long temporal dimension of the values-based approach, albeit devoid of its teleological element, with the "constructivist" interpretation.

Author : Alan Bullock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015037402180

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The Faces of Europe by Alan Bullock Pdf

Author : Avinoam Shalem
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783110300864

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Constructing the Image of Muhammad in Europe by Avinoam Shalem Pdf

thevolume represents a significant contribution to the complex history of the conceptualization and pictorialization of the Prophet Muhammad in the West. It gives a rapid and though deep overview of the history of the making of an image of the Prophet Muhammad in Europe and thus reflects the whole history of the making of the image of Islam in the Latin West, from the early medieval times till the 19th century. The book also provides the reader with ready access to the most recent scholarship concerning the image of Muhammad in Europe, in the form of comprehensive footnotes provided throughout the text and an extensive bibliography.