ABSTRACT
The collapse of communism in Europe triggered many new debates and new approaches among scholars, analysts, and politicians. What is Europe? Where are its boundaries? How can the enduring power of national identity be explained in the postmodern era when the nation was meant to be fading into oblivion? How and why do collective identities change? What role do the media and communications technology play in the process of social and political change? How are supranational identities created? Is there a European public sphere?
