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The Europeans
devised Europe. But who devised the Europeans? Since when does
the Homo Europaeus - as an ideal type, as an average person,
as a general representative - populate the minds of those
who consider themselves to be the inhabitants of a constructed
Europe? Which cultural techniques are employed to assemble the
physical and psychological substance of the European, his appearance
and his character?
The project “Imagined Europeans: The
scientific construction of the Homo Europaeus” aspires
to identify the conceptions of the European that are commonly
held in everyday life, in industrial research and in governmental
policy-making. We focus specifically on those concepts that are
formulated and employed by scientific research communities. In
our understanding, generally held concepts not only influence
scientific research but are re-formulated in the process. Subsequently,
these re-formulated concepts are applied as proven facts in further
areas of research, in engineering, in matters of education and
public health.
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