Cioran or “How can one be European?”
The recent European crisis has triggered more Euroskepticism than ever, however, doubts about Europe’s destiny are not new. When Cioran wrote about the decline of Europe, he was not regretting the failure of Hitler’s idea of the “New Europe” as some critics said. Although they may seem based on xenophobic stereotypes, his writings underline the absurdity of nationalism and the uncertainties of geopolitics.
Keywords: Europe, nationalism, Euroskepticism, fascism, national/regional identity
1.[1] Emil Cioran, Histoire et utopie, in Oeuvres, (Paris: Gallimard, 1995), 987.
3.[1] Ibid., 1655.
4.[1] Ibid., 20.
5.[1] Ibid., 128.
7.[1] Voir aussi “Le jeune Cioran: De l’inconvénient d’être fasciste” dans Le Débat, (1997).
8.[1] Yourcenar, op. cit, 130.
9.[1] Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine, Cioran, Eliade, Ionesco. L’oubli du fascisme, (Paris: PUF, 2002), 274.
10.[1] Alain Finkielkraut, propos recueillis par Sébastien Lapaque, Le Figaro Littéraire, 02/04/2009. http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2009/04/02/03005-20090402ARTFIG00435-finkielkraut-pour-cioran-ce-livre-etait-une-honte-.php
11.[1] Emil Cioran, “Entretien avec Sylvie Jaudeau” in Oeuvres, (Paris: Gallimard, Quarto, 1995) 1752.
12.[1] Emil Cioran, Cahiers, (Paris: Gallimard, NRF, 1997) 103.
13.[1] Emil Cioran, La Tentation d’exister in Oeuvres, ed. cit., 838.
14.[1] Ibid.
15.[1] Emil Cioran, Cahiers, Op. cit., 813.
17.[1] Ibid., 51.
18.[1] Emil Cioran, Oeuvres, op. cit, 870.
19.[1] Ibid., 1000.
20.[1] “Le Néant valaque.” Entretien avec Georges Walter, in Cahier de l’Herne. Cioran. (Paris: Editions de l’Herne, 2009), 421.
21.[1] Lucien Febvre, L’Europe. Genèse d’une civilisation. (Perrin, 1999),
22.[1][1] Edgar Morin, Penser l’Europe. (Paris: Gallimard, Folio, 1990) 59.
23.23Marguerite Yourcenar, En pelerin et en etranger / As
pilgrim and as stranger, Paris: Gallimard, 1989.
24.24 Emil Cioran, Cahiers, op. cit, 964.
25.25 Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnson, Searching for Cioran, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009), 28.
