Michael Loriaux is Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, USA. His teaching and research areas are International Relations, the European Union and Critical Theory. He is the author of European Union and the Deconstruction of the Rhineland Frontier (2008).

Europe Anti-Power intervenes in debate regarding the 'kind of power' Europe, as represented by the EU, should wield in today's world. Debate today tends to oppose Europe's 'normative power' and a more assertive, realist or 'messianic' Europe. This book offers a new take on the word 'power', by asking not what power is but rather, how the word 'power' works in the texts that employ it. It subjects European policy debate to political-theoretical examination and brings a phenomenological/post-phenomenological style to policy debate. It will be of interest to those who work in the area of EU security and participate in the debate about EU power, as well as mainstream security scholars.

1. EU Power and its Adjectives


2. Power/Play


3. The Viral Trace


4. Innovation


5. Power/Play's Transformation Into Form


6. In Knowing Anticipation


7. The Sound of Power


8. EU Exceptionalism, EU Resentment


9. The Tinkerer, Destroyer of Worlds


10. Europe Anti-Power