Europe: Cape Of Deconstruction
Europe: Cape Of Deconstruction

Author(s): Alfred Hirsch
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History of European Union, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Summary/Abstract: Europe’s formation is to be seen as a differential process, affected by heterogeneity. The consistent “cape” (caput) which Europe aims at resembling, is accompanied by “another cape”, a foreignness and disparity that still extends into the European models (and it is important to use the plural form here) and excites a constant reformation. This “other cape”, or in Derrida’s words, the “other of the cape” has to be viewed as an ineffable and placeless cape that make life difficult for the maritime navigators and captains. They suddenly emerge and disappear just as fast again, without leaving any trace. This other cape has always been constitutive for Europe, as we call it. We have to think about Europe’s future, about its cultures, civilisations and political institutions from here onwards.

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