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On the Technology of Collective Identity: Normative Reconstructions of the Concept of EU Citizenship
Author(s) -
Prentoulis Nikos
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1468-0386
pISSN - 1351-5993
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0386.00127
Subject(s) - citizenship , telos , european union , normative , dilemma , identity (music) , politics , sociology , political science , european integration , foundation (evidence) , law , law and economics , epistemology , political economy , aesthetics , economics , philosophy , economic policy
The unsatisfactory present of European Union Citizenship and the unclear integration telos have given rise to many questions regarding the future of the European Citizen and the possibility of a European demos . On what sort of foundation can such a demos be constructed, and what will its relationship with national demoi be? This article presents the theoretical approaches on the future of EU citizenship, varying from civic‐centered thesis to social models, with a view to exploring the potential and dynamics of a different European identity based, not on supposedly common history and culture, but on newly‐founded shared political values. The aim is to go beyond the classic federation–confederation dilemma and look deeper into the process of creating an actual European demos .