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In this chapter, we provide a conceptualization of Europe, aiming to contribute to ambitions of mapping the pluralistic universalism of international political thought globally. To this end, we study European intellectual traditions not with the intention to create an enclosed space which separates itself from other spaces, but our understanding of Europe rests on the assumption that in-depth knowledge about one’s own traditions is indispensable to engage with others on a level playing field. Only by having a contextualized understanding about the collective memories that shape our identities and perspectives, others are perceived in their own right emphatically and open-mindedly. In addition, encounters with them can evolve peacefully and they can lead to the creation of knowledge that might have been unattainable in a solitary action.
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Alejandro, A., Jørgensen, K., Reichwein, A., Rösch, F., Turton, H. (2017). Europe. In: Reappraising European IR Theoretical Traditions. Trends in European IR Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58400-3_5
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