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Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi

Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi was an Austrian-Japanese political thinker and founder of the Pan-Europa movement, best known for his 1923 manifesto Pan-Europa, which argued that a federated Europe was necessary to overcome nationalist conflict and secure peace. Through the Paneuropean Union, founded in 1926, he promoted practical idealism and a common European political identity, influencing later advocates of European integration. His writings on European federation and political ethics made him one of the earliest systematic proponents of a united Europe.

19 summaries in the archive

Political Philosophy Mutterland Europa – Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi

Coudenhove-Kalergi argues postwar Europe must become a single federal nation or face collapse.

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Classic Literature Gentleman – Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi

Coudenhove-Kalergi traces the Western gentleman ideal from antiquity, Christianity, and chivalry, arguing it is the moral foundation of…

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Ethics The totalitarian state against man – Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi

Coudenhove-Kalergi argues that man is a creature of God and the state a creature of man, so the…

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History Draft Constitution of the United States of Europe – Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi

A proposed constitutional framework for a federated Europe, issued in New York in 1944 by Coudenhove-Kalergi's Pan-European movement.

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