The postmodern culture is essentially a product of the electronic media. The consequences of postmodernity are especially significant in the Nordic countries where the printed word, Lutheranism and state absolutism have been principal formative influences. Postmodern culture and theory have created possibilities for European integration by undermining the legitimacy of the sovereign national state. The European Union does not base its legitimacy on a philosophy of history or a singular (hi)story. The postmodern cultural condition and the postmodern society create, however, room for a multitude of "small" partial and contradictory stories which offer possibilities for many different interpretations of Europe.

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