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The European Union and Other Crazy Utopias: Robert Menasse's Postnationalist Vision in Die Hauptstadt

The European Union and Other Crazy Utopias: Robert Menasse's Postnationalist Vision in Die... <p>Abstract:</p><p>The literary strategies in Robert Menasse&apos;s novel Die Hauptstadt underscore the crisis of the EU in its attempts to provide a productive common transnational memory and collaboration with regard to social and environmental policies. It also points to a solution. The structure and rhetorical devices mold the narrative into a model for productive cooperation. A functioning European Union, the novel suggests, is contingent on returning to a prioritization of cultural multiplicity over economic individualism and postnational citizenry over national loyalties. This article analyzes Menasse&apos;s politicized aesthetic text along with select aestheticized political works in order to discern his vision for a supranational democratic union of engaged citizens. This collection of writings also demonstrates a form of engaged literature in the twenty-first century that has the potential for real social impact.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Austrian Studies University of Nebraska Press

The European Union and Other Crazy Utopias: Robert Menasse&apos;s Postnationalist Vision in Die Hauptstadt

Journal of Austrian Studies , Volume 54 (1) – Mar 9, 2021

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University of Nebraska Press
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Copyright © Austrian Studies Association
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2165-669X

Abstract

<p>Abstract:</p><p>The literary strategies in Robert Menasse&apos;s novel Die Hauptstadt underscore the crisis of the EU in its attempts to provide a productive common transnational memory and collaboration with regard to social and environmental policies. It also points to a solution. The structure and rhetorical devices mold the narrative into a model for productive cooperation. A functioning European Union, the novel suggests, is contingent on returning to a prioritization of cultural multiplicity over economic individualism and postnational citizenry over national loyalties. This article analyzes Menasse&apos;s politicized aesthetic text along with select aestheticized political works in order to discern his vision for a supranational democratic union of engaged citizens. This collection of writings also demonstrates a form of engaged literature in the twenty-first century that has the potential for real social impact.</p>

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Journal of Austrian StudiesUniversity of Nebraska Press

Published: Mar 9, 2021

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