Jan-Werner Müller
is professor of politics at Princeton University. His publications include: Another Country: German Intellectuals, Unification and National Identity, Yale UP 2000; A Dangerous Mind: Carl Schmitt in Post-War European Thought, Yale UP, 2003; Memory and Power in Post-War Europe: Studies in the Presence of the Past (ed.), Cambridge UP 2002; German Ideologies since 1945: Studies in the Political Thought and Culture of the Bonn Republic (ed.), Palgrave 2003; Constitutional Patriotism, Princeton University Press 2007. His latest book is Contesting Democracy: Political Ideas in Twentieth-century Europe.
Eurozine Articles
Is Germany's future still European?
An interview with Jan-Werner Müller
Germany's politicians lack deep European convictions yet are susceptible to calls for a more strident role in Europe; and while the mainstream is unlikely to give up what it sees as the recipe for German success, "constitutional patriotism" could allow for greater Europeanization. [more]
European memory politics revisited
European commemorative culture is an integral component of the post-national process. But how can a "European memory" be justified if we aren't to refer to a continental, quasi-national entity? [more]
A "pause for thought" without the thought?
Possible ways to talk about the future of the EU today
The one-year "pause for thought" launched by Europe's elites after the rejection of the EU constitution in 2005 was extended in June 2006. This time could be used to discuss the pros and cons of competing Euro-visions, writes Jan-Werner Müller. [more]











