Volume 36, Number 19 · December 7, 1989
The Common House of Europe
By Fritz Stern
Since the unread Hegel is popular these days, I use his terminology to say that the 'world spirit' has once again found a temporary home in Europe—or, to put it more prosaically, Europe is in the throes of a world-historical upheaval. During the last three months revolutionary changes have been sweeping across Europe, mostly Eastern and Central Europe, with an intensity and a momentum that no one had been able to foresee. We are in the midst of a transformation. We are able to recognize individual events, staggering as these are, but it is much harder to detect the connections between these events.
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