{"product_id":"laurent-de-sutter-the-eurostructure-manifesto","title":"Laurent de Sutter, The Eurostructure Manifesto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Eurostructure Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003europe has never been a matter of culture. It has \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enever been a matter of values, principles or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edesires. From its very beginning, Europe has been \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea matter of world. For the architects of Europe, it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas about guaranteeing, in the aftermath of World \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWar II, the material conditions necessary for lives \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eno longer subject to violence or war. The union \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethey envisioned was a union of resources and net\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eworks, of materials and machines – a union that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epresented itself as a true cosmic infrastructure. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToday, as Europe seems more in crisis than ever, we \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emust remember this in order to find our way back \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto a construction that would no longer be impris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoned in a fantasized past. China has understood \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eit and is currently working on a new terraforming \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof the Eurasian plate. Will Europe do the same? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWill it rediscover what it takes to build a world?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaurent de Sutter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an award-winning author, publisher and profes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esor whose books have been published in fifteen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elanguages. He teaches at Vrije Universiteit Brussel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand Sciences-Po Paris. His latest book in English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis Superweak: Thinking in the 21st Century \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Polity, 2025)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa dei Tre Oci","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58886578078031,"sku":"PK2561","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/3068\/6031\/files\/PKB_5772.jpg?v=1790346873","url":"https:\/\/publicknowledgebooks.com\/products\/laurent-de-sutter-the-eurostructure-manifesto","provider":"Public Knowledge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}