The book combines the question about European identity with deliberations about cross-cultural, economic and social aspects of Europeanness, discussing simultaneously the various challenges facing Europe in the 21st century. The editors of this volume combine aspects of European identity and its multicultural, economic, and social dimensions. More precisely, the most problematical challenges of the European continent dealt with are (1) the deficit of joint pan-European symbols, (2) preventive European diplomacy, […]