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Illusion of the Peoples

A Critique of National Self-Determination

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Illusion of the Peoples

A Critique of National Self-Determination

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The principle of national self-determination is one of the two or three most influential, but least understood, concepts in modern political thought. While recent philosophical examination has failed to look at the concept in any systematic fashion, in this book Omar Dahbour examines all of the arguments that have been given for national self-determination, whether by international lawyers, moral philosophers, democratic theorists, or political communitarians. Without trying to either justify of condemn nation-states, Dahbour attempts to rescue this frequently invoked idea from nationalistic misuse, and applies it to current political struggles against globalization and imperialism.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Nationalism as Belief and as Doctrine
Chapter 2 National Identity and Political Autonomy
Chapter 3 Peoples and Nations in International Law
Chapter 4 Cultural Rights and the Ethics of Self-Determination
Chapter 5 Consent Theory and Democratic Self-Determination
Chapter 6 The Nation-State as an Ethical Community
Chapter 7 The Contradictions of Liberal Nationalism
Chapter 8 Conclusion: Self-Determination Without Nationalism

Product details

Published Jan 21 2003
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 276
ISBN 9780739105245
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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