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Introduction
MAikARnOLdAndPRZEMYSŁAWŁukASik
EuropeandAmericaintheMirror–ATransatlanticPerspective
AvividandmoreorlessstablepartnershipbetweenEuropeanand
Americancountriesisgenerallyregardedasakeyissueandparticularly
seriouschallengeintermsofcultural,economic,historical,political,and
socialdevelopmentsandchangesonbothsidesoftheAtlanticOcean.
Thisvolumeaimsatbringingtogethervariousapproaches,concepts,
andanalysesthatarecurrentlyontheagendainacademicdiscussions
intransatlanticandinternationalrelationsstudies.Withacollection
ofessaysfromyoungscholarswhohavepursuedtheirresearchin
awide-rangingfieldofinterdisciplinaryresearch,thisvolumenotonly
contributestointensifyingimportantaspectsofthestudyandanalysis
oftransatlanticrelations,butalsoreflectsuponrecentdevelopments
indifferentEuropeanregionsthatcanonlybeunderstoodinaglobal
dimensionsuchasanti-Americanism,popularcultureandmedia,con-
temporaryregionalistmovements,andsecularizationinmodernsocie-
ties.Inallcases,thecontributors’findingsandresearchperspectives
shapenotonlythecontentofthisbook,butinmanyrespectsdevelop
aninnovativeunderstandingoftransatlanticandinternationalrelations,
helpingustogainimportantnewinsightsintothisspecificrelationship.
Butbeforeweoutlinethevolume’ssubjectmatter,weneedtograspthe
meaningsandsignificances,qualitiesandcontentsoftherelationship
betweenEuropeandAmerica.
Theword4transatlanticrelations’canbeunderstoodhereasan
umbrellatermthatreferstodifferentfieldsofpracticeandresearch
oncultural,economic,historic,political,andsocialrelationsbetween
countries,nations,andregions(orgroupsofthese)acrosstheAtlantic.
