ABSTRACT
To think Europe openly does not imply that we can no longer talk about what defines Europe and its culture. We can certainly do that, but only descriptively from the bottom up. But is that sufficient for living together in solidarity on this continent? Is there not a lack of affective attachment, of passion, of the radiance of the great catchwords “discovery of reason”, “Golgotha, the Acropolis, the Capitol”, “Dante, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Goethe”?
