Imagining Europe: Essays on the Past, Present, and Future of the European Union is a collection of essays by scholars residing in the U.S., Poland, France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Turkey. The volume explores the European Union from a variety of perspectives: philosophical, commercial, historical—as well as contemporary challenges.

Imagining Europe: Essays on the Past, Present and Future of the European Union examines the EU from a variety of perspectives. The collection begins with the expectation that, despite its challenges, the European Union is here to say, but it also proceeds from the premise that imaginative thinking is necessary to guide the 27 member organization into the future. The book offers nine chapters and a substantive introduction to examine the EU from the point-of-view of a commercial enterprise, the writings of José Ortega y Gasset, immigration and public opinion, its relationship with China, its management of political populism, the American Federalist papers—and more. The first chapter is a summary of the history, structure and processes of the European Union for the convenience of those using this text in the classroom. The last chapter considers this latest chapter of European development, in light of the historical quest for a united Europe. The contributors to the volume are scholars residing in the U.S., Poland, France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Turkey.

Chapter One: A Flyover of the European Union
Peter C. Mentzel and Aaron Bellamy

Chapter Two: Europe’s Commercial Order and the Crisis of Nationalism: The “Jealousy of Trade,” Brexit, Lexit, and Rexit

Glyn Morgan

Chapter Three: Discord or Collaboration? The Rise of China and Transatlantic Relations

Michael Baun and Dan Marek

Chapter Four: Against Disassociation: Unity and Pluralism in José Ortega y Gasset

Brendon Westler

Chapter Five: Immigration and the Place of Islam in Europe’s Imagination:

Reading on Muslim Immigrants in European Print Media between 1999-2009

Saime Ozcurumez

Chapter Six: Me, the People: Under the Sway of Populist Leaders
Karen Horn

Chapter Seven: Saved by Faction? A Federalist Essay #10 Commentary on the Dangers and Disadvantages of Post-Brexit Intolerance

Henry T. Edmondson III & Claire Elaine Korzekwa

Chapter Eight: The Rise of the European Parliament and Its Role in the Democratisation of the European Community (1979-1989)

Birte Wassenberg

Chapter Nine: The Quest for European Identity(ies)

Magdalena Modrzejewska