Open AccessHidden European federalism as an instrument for building an order without political freedom
Author(s) -
Bojan Kovačević
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-081X
pISSN - 0351-2274
DOI - 10.2298/theo1802063k
Subject(s) - politics , sovereignty , ruler , order (exchange) , state (computer science) , european integration , action (physics) , political science , federalism , law , law and economics , sociology , european union , epistemology , philosophy , economics , computer science , physics , finance , algorithm , quantum mechanics , economic policy
After the Second World War a new idea of a European order was born in the minds of today?s EU founding fathers. The way it has provided statesman a rare opportunity for political action, the European integration has given to scholars a chance to learn something new about the old problem of building of an order. Still, maybe there is not anything new that the experience of the integration process among European states teaches us. Maybe, it is needed only to unveil the old truth that what it takes to establish an order is always a decision of a sovereign ruler unrestrained by society?s conflicting demands. Who to believe, Kant or Carl Schmitt? Is there anything historically new that the European integration tells us about political community building or are Bodin and his insights into the nature of state and law still all it takes for understanding the old problem? In this article we search an answer to these questions.