Europe-An Unfinished Adventure

When Zeus disguised himself as a bull and kidnapped Princess Europa, King Agenor of Tire sent his three sons to find his missing daughter. One of them, Cadmon, sets out for Rhodes, lands in Thrace, and begins to explore the lands that will later be named after his unfortunate sister. In Delphi, he asks the oracle about his brother's location. At that moment, Pythia starts to be evasive, as she always does, but she deigns to give Cadmon some practical advice: “You won't find him. Better get yourself a cow, follow it and always push it forward.

Don't let it rest. Build a city where he fell from exhaustion and died.” According to the story, Thebes was built this way. Thus, as we all observed after it was too late, a chain of events began that served Euripides and Sophocles as the thread that the Europeans used to weave the idea of law, and enabled Oedipus to take actions that would provide a framework for the character, suffering and life dramas of the Europeans. Denis de Rougemont's interpretation of the advice given to Cadmon: To seek Europe is to create it! “Europe exists in search of eternity, and that's why I call it adventure.”

- Zygmunt Bauman -

In this book, the master and wise sociologist Bauman discusses the adventure of "Europe", which was lost but found and created again and again: It sheds light on the past and present of Europe, which was shaken and changed by revolutions, migrations and economic crises; also pointing out open-ended future possibilities...

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13.5 x 21

First Print Year: 2019

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language Turkish