Introduction: Empire, Coloniality and the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union 
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Bevezető: Birodalom, kolonialitás és az EU "keleti bővítése"
Introduction: Empire, Coloniality and the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union

Author(s): József Böröcz
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Replika Alapítvány
Keywords: EU; EU-enlargement; Colonialist policies; History

Summary/Abstract: Considers how the concepts of empire and coloniality are applicable to the “eastern enlargement” of the European Union. Provides a comparative-historical definition for both and suggests that detached empire is relevant as a historical memory; contiguous empire and colonial representations of otherness are directly observable in European state-remaking today

  • Issue Year: 2001
  • Issue No: 45-46
  • Page Range: 17-33
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Hungarian