The Emperor is Naked On the Inevitable Demise of the Nation-State

The invention of the nation-state was the crowning achievement of the Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France in 1916. As a geostrategic move to divide, defeat, and dismantle the Ottoman Empire during World War I, it was a great success and the modern colonial borders of the Arab nation-states eventually emerged in the course of World War II.Today, as nations are reconceiving their own postcolonial interpolated histories, Arab and Muslim states are becoming total states on the model of ISIS with Iran, Syria, Turkey and Egypt, among others, violently manufacturing their legitimacy. And yet simultaneously, examples such as the Nobel Peace Prize winning formation of a civil society ''Quartet'' in Tunisia allude to a growing transnational public sphere across the Arab and Muslim world.In T Emperor is Naked , Hamid Dabashi boldly argues that the category of nation-state has failed to produce a legitimate and enduring unit of post-colonial polity. Considering what this liberation of nations and denial of legitimacy to ruling states will actually unfurl, Dabashi asks: What will replace the nation-state, what are the implications of this deconstruction on global politics and, crucially, what is the meaning of the post-colonial subject within this moment?>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hamid Dabashi
• Editore: Zed Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.04.2020
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781786995650
• ISBN: 978-1-78699-565-0
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.4 x 21.6 x 2.2 cm
• Categorie: Weltpolitik, Politikwissenschaft, 21. Jahrhundert (2000 bis 2100 n. Chr.), Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Nahost, Hochschulbildung, Fort- und Weiterbildung, Soziale und politische Philosophie, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, Politik / Politikwissenschaft, Politologie, Philosophie / Gesellschaft, Politik, Staat, Asien / Geschichte, Politik / Weltpolitik, Naher Osten - Nahost, 21st Century, Middle East, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Middle Eastern history, Political science and theory, For higher / tertiary / university education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher