POLS 2940 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jacques Derrida
7 Oct 2016
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Decline in the confidence of administrative functions, institutions, or leadership. There is an inherent link between territory and belonging. The state requires control over the territory and the population of the territory to exercise sovereignty and legitimacy among other states. A nation-state is a territorial bound entity-this is undisputed across ir theories. An entity that controls a specific population over a specific piece of land. Relies on a shared mythology - secures claims on historical legitimacy. Relies on a mystical foundation of authority (i. e. , claims an authority where it did not exist before. Statebuilding is the cause of most of the world"s former war-related violence. Force of right that brings countries into existence is rooted in mysticism. All men are created equal was a radical, unprecedented thought. Wealth in english colonies of u. s. was made possible by slavery. Borders are arbitrary and artificial in the contemporary world.
