Illusion of the Peoples: A Critique of National Self-determinationLexington Books, 2003 - 261 pages 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. |
Contents
Nationalism as Belief and as Doctrine | 1 |
National Identity and Political Autonomy | 17 |
Peoples and Nations in International Law | 59 |
Cultural Rights and the Ethics of SelfDetermination | 91 |
Consent Theory and Democratic SelfDetermination | 123 |
The NationState as an Ethical Community | 155 |
The Contradictions of Liberal Nationalism | 195 |
SelfDetermination without Nationalism | 215 |
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