Theories of the European Integration before and after Communism
Theories of the European Integration before and after Communism

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims at interpreting the philosophical meaning of political and civic European integration – from West to East. For this purpose, the paper explores certain historical sequences and theoretical modeling of European integration (from the Middle Ages until the Treaty of Lisbon), confronted with theoretical synthesis of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, regarding the establishment of European unity. The study is based on modern and contemporary authors who have pondered on the problem of a European integration philosophy. The philosophical perspective is based mainly on normativism and centered on the alliance between knowledge, spirituality, equilibrium, good will and legality - and in this respect the research methodology consists in a confrontation of particular perspectives (such as the legislative framework of the European citizenship) with major theories currently performing in a interdisciplinary approach.

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