Self-Determination Without Nationalism A Theory of Postnational Sovereignty
Innbundet /
2012
/ Engelsk
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ISBN
9781439900741
Published
2012-12-07
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
23 mm
Age
P, U, 06, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Innbundet
Number of pages
272
Author
Biographical note
Omar Dahbour is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is affiliated with CUNY’s Center for Place, Culture, and Politics. He is the author of Illusion of the Peoples: A Critique of National Self-Determination and editor or coeditor of Democracy, States, and the Struggle for Global Justice, Philosophical Perspectives on National Identity, and The Nationalism Reader."Self-Determination without Nationalism is a serious and novel contribution to the ongoing dialogue about 'globalization' among philosophers and political theorists.... There is much of great interest for readers in this book."-William L. McBride, Arthur G. Hansen Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University <br />
How do groups - be they religious or ethnic - achieve sovereignty in a post-nationalist world? In Self-Determination without Nationalism, noted philosopher Omar Dahbour insists that the existing ethics of international relations, dominated by the rival notions of liberal nationalism and political cosmopolitanism, no longer suffice.
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Preface
Introduction
1 Distinguishing Peoples from Nations
2 Self-Determination and Minority Rights
3 Self-Determination and Plebiscitary Democracy
4 Ethical Communities without Nations
5 The Illusion of Global Community
6 The Contemporary Revival of Sovereignty
7 The Legitimacy of Sovereignty Claims
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Introduction
1 Distinguishing Peoples from Nations
2 Self-Determination and Minority Rights
3 Self-Determination and Plebiscitary Democracy
4 Ethical Communities without Nations
5 The Illusion of Global Community
6 The Contemporary Revival of Sovereignty
7 The Legitimacy of Sovereignty Claims
Conclusion
Notes
Index
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Urging for a move toward a new concept of eco-sovereignty, based on a reformulation of political self-determination
Product details
ISBN
9781439900741
Published
2012-12-07
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
23 mm
Age
P, U, 06, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
272
Author