ABSTRACT
Intersubjectivity has always been present in the author's work, in that it formed the basis of the oral accounts, collected in the 1970s, which first stimulated my thinking about subjectivity. This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on the new developments that appear, both implicitly and explicitly and highlights some links between the texts that make it up. It refers to a specific utopia, that is, to the utopian value attached to the idea of a united Europe in the interwar years, an idea recently revived in a number of publications, including articles by Bronislaw Geremek (2002) and Vaclav Havel (2002). The book not only discusses the addition of new themes related to Europe, but also attempts to find a structure and a historical specificity in the themes of subjectivity and utopia, while retaining a critical perspective.
