Whither Balibar's Europeanism?

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Abstract

This article is a critique of Étienne Balibar’s philosophical orientation towards Europe, construed as both an ideal and an institutional reality, in light of recent European crises. I argue that Balibar’s commitment to Europe follows from his longstanding political-philosophical preference for a compromise position between political utopianism and political realism, but that this compromise is ultimately inco¬herent, combining the ungroundedness of utopianism with the undue self-limitation of realism.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)891-907
Number of pages18
JournalPhilosophy Today
Volume61
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Balibar_Étienne_1942,
  • European Union
  • Great Britain
  • realism

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