CONTENT
Acknowledgements 5
About the author 6
Preface Katherine Watson and Wolfgang Petritsch 7
1 Introduction 9
2 Memory and the future 14
3 Who owns history? 27
4 Belonging 40
5 Shared narratives in a community of difference 46
6 European flagships 59
7 Complexity and simplicity 71
8 Belarus: The neighbourhood dilemma 80
9 Syria: Perceptions of the Mediterranean neighbourhood 94
10 Intercultural dialogue and the art of difference 104
11 The idea of progress 116
12 The utopian potential of Europe: a new ‘collective conversation’? 125
13 From Europe as a cultural project to cultural policies for the Union 138
14 Batailles de ‘soft’ power? The EU’s external policies and culture 155
Postscript: Foundations and European public spaces Erik Rudeng 173
Witness Box: a photo essay Plate section