Journal article
Post-nationalism, sovereignty and the state
Journal of Sociology, Vol.57(1), pp.47-58
2021
Abstract
The term ‘post-national formations’ is a product of some of the recent work of Jürgen Habermas. In using this term, Habermas highlights what he regards as a laudatory trend in social and political research. This is the trend away from an intense focus on the role of nation-states – a role he believes to be unconducive to progressive politics – and towards a focus on the role of new configurations – a role he believes to be much more conducive to this type of politics. ‘Post-national formations’, then, is the term Habermas uses to describe new non-state configurations he has identified. He is confident these configurations will eventually break free of the supposed yoke of the nation-state and usher in a new era of progressivism. This article is not concerned with the post-national formations literature per se. Rather, it is concerned with this literature’s failure to take into account the full history of both the nation-state and the notion of sovereignty that helps the nation-state to function. In pursuing this concern, the article draws material from various sources to offer a short historical defence of the sovereign state.
Details
- Title
- Post-nationalism, sovereignty and the state
- Authors/Creators
- G. Wickham (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Sociology, Vol.57(1), pp.47-58
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Identifiers
- 991005545293707891
- Copyright
- © 2021 by Australian Sociological Association
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
- 10 Arts & Humanities
- 10.126 Philosophy
- 10.126.2158 Hobbesian Political Thought
- Web Of Science research areas
- Sociology
- ESI research areas
- Social Sciences, general