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One Story, Many Regions: Representations of European Unity in Diversity

Encapsulating Europe into one story has been a perennial challenge for Europeans: from the Hellenic myth of the kidnapped Phoenician princess Europa and its multiple interpretations in the European arts, the topographic representations of Europa as the northern Oecumene around the Mediterranean by Herodotos, Erathostenes and Strabo, through centuries of the (de/re)composing of intra- European alliances, invigorated by Charles the Great, in defence of a common cultural identity and economic interests, until Saint-Simon’s perception of a common European destiny and Victor Hugo’s promotion of a Pan-European cause. More recent syntheses of Europe in “one story” have been offered by authors such as Fernand Braudel in the kaleidoscopic Civilisation Materielle…, Edgar Morin in Penser L’Europe and George Steiner with The Idea of Europe - a courageous blend of ingredients that make the European spirit distinguishable globally.

Representation, Europe, Unity, Diversity

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