Self-Determination Without Nationalism - A Theory of Postnational Sovereignty

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Urging for a move toward a new concept of eco-sovereignty! based on a reformulation of political self-determination Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroduction1 Distinguishing Peoples from Nations2 Self-Determination and Minority Rights3 Self-Determination and Plebiscitary Democracy4 Ethical Communities without Nations5 The Illusion of Global Community6 The Contemporary Revival of Sovereignty7 The Legitimacy of Sovereignty ClaimsConclusionNotesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Omar Dahbour
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2012
• EAN: 9781439900741
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-0074-1
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Global Ethics and Politics; Global Ethics and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education