European Angst

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

What is European Angst ? Is it the extension of German Angst to a whole continent? The latter term is often used disparagingly to describe the German tendency to problematise, weigh up and hesitate, especially when reasons for this seem slight and insignificant. But European Angst has nothing to do with stereotypical overscrupulousness. It is a mass of powerful emotions which transcend national borders and therefore seemed a fitting title for a conference which was to address disturbing developments, including populism, extremism and Euroscepticism. /// Was ist das: European Angst? Etwa die Ausweitung der German Angst auf einen ganzen Kontinent? Mit German Angst beschreibt man im Ausland oft abschatzig das Problematisieren, Abwagen und Zoegern der Deutschen, besonders dann, wenn die Grunde dafur nichtig und klein erscheinen. European Angst aber hat nichts mit stereotyper Bedenkentragerei zu tun. Sie ist vielmehr ein Bundel starker Emotionen uber viele Landergrenzen hinweg und war deshalb ein treffender Titel fur eine Konferenz, auf der uber beunruhigende Entwicklungen, uber Populismus, Extremismus und Europaskepsis gesprochen werden sollte.