Offers a radical new scholarly interpretation of the topics of Enlightenment legacies, counter-revolution, and conservatism, as well as the construction of the European Past and the international order
Gives a historical perspective on the contemporary (radical) right as well as current expressions of European identity and memory
Combines Enlightenment thought with counter-revolution and memory studies/ historiography
Draws on sources from seven languages to give a truly pan-European perspectiv
Contemporary Europe seems to be divided between progressive cosmopolitans sympathetic to the European Union and the ideals of the Enlightenment, and counter-enlightened conservative nationalists extolling the virtues of homelands threatened by globalised elites and mass migration.
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