Description
About the Author
Anthony Pagden has published widely on both Spanish and European history and has worked as a translator and as a publisher in addition to his many academic posts. He taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard before a professorship at Johns Hopkins University, and he is currently Distinguished Professor of Political Science and History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Two of his most recent publications, Worlds at War: The 2,500 Year Struggle Between East and West (2008) and The Enlightenment: and Why It Still Matters (2013), were also published by Oxford University Press.
Reviews
Pagden's comprehensive study is a sure guide in an increasingly crowded field, putting all the tools of the intellectual historian of deep historical and cultural understanding to best use. This is the best available historical account of European construction. * Hugh Drochon, Times Literary Supplement 14/04/2022 *
[A] bold new book ... Readers of Pagden's earlier books will recognise in The Pursuit of Europe the characteristic grand sweeps, sparkling prose and mission to use the past to shed light on the present. * David Armitage, Literary Review *
A valuable and important read. * Brian Maye, Irish Times *
Pagden is surely the perfect man to delve into the complex roots of the European idea...[this is a] wonderfully wide-ranging study. * Giles MacDonogh, writer and historian *
[A] provocative book well worth reading. * Peter McPhee, Australian Book Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198757665
Author Anthony Pagden
Format Hardback
Page Count 432
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 162mm * 35mm