Abstract
A systematic typology or comparative analysis of European historical regions does not exist and there is relatively little literature on the topic. The argument in this paper is that a six-fold classification is needed to capture the diversity of Europe’s historical regions and that these should be seen in terms of different routes to modernity and have broad civilizational backgrounds in common. The forms of modernity that constitute Europe as a world historical region correspond to North Western Europe, Mediterranean Europe, Central Europe, East Central Europe, South Eastern Europe, North Eastern Europe.
Highlights
The topic of this paper concerns the problem of conceptualizing the plural nature of Europe.1 The civilizational background has itself been diverse with routes within it that were shaped by the western and eastern currents of Roman civilization, the Russian offspring of the Byzantine tradition that developed in the east, and the multifarious impact of Islam on the Iberian and the South Eastern regions
The objective of this paper is to examine the regional diversity of Europe as a product both of civilizational backgrounds and the trajectories of modernity
The forms of modernity that constitute Europe as a world historical region correspond to North Western Europe, Mediterranean Europe, Central Europe, East Central Europe, South Eastern Europe, North Eastern Europe
Summary
The topic of this paper concerns the problem of conceptualizing the plural nature of Europe. The civilizational background has itself been diverse with routes within it that were shaped by the western and eastern currents of Roman civilization, the Russian offspring of the Byzantine tradition that developed in the east, and the multifarious impact of Islam on the Iberian and the South Eastern regions. The state was constantly challenged by organized social interests, which often became incorporated into the sphere of the state domesticating both the state and civil society and both exerted a strong influence over the market so that capitalism was constantly held in check by the state In this view, the varieties of modernity that developed in Europe can be in part understood in terms of the different ways this societal model crystallized in the different historical regions of Europe. The forms of modernity that constitute Europe as a world historical region correspond to North Western Europe, Mediterranean Europe, Central Europe, East Central Europe, South Eastern Europe, North Eastern Europe As with all such classifications there is the problem of defining specificity and taking into account overlap as well as broader contexts of commonality. The following discussion of Europe’s six major historical regions will consider the interconnected nature of these regions as much as their singularity
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