Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/303310 
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Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
LEQS Paper No. 27
Publisher: 
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), European Institute, London
Abstract: 
This paper conducts an ontological inquiry into the identity of the European Union, and seeks to establish whether its core identity is of a cultural or political nature through looking at the debate generated by Turkey's application for EU membership. The concepts of 'the other', the nation-state and a secularism rooted in Christianity contributes towards a peculiar culturalist understanding of the EU project both on the left and on the right side of the political spectrum. The debate also demonstrates that there is a gap between what the EU ought to be judging from its fundamental documents, and what kind form of the EU 'Europe' is ready for. The liberal idea of the EU being a purely political union based on Kantian ideals will require a whole new language for talking about Europe.
Subjects: 
EU
Turkey
European identity
Kant
enlargement
the other
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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