| Illusion of the Peoples: A Critique of National Self-Determination Contributor(s): Dahbour, Omar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739105248 ISBN-13: 9780739105245 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $121.77 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2003 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 320.54 |
| LCCN: 2002152262 |
| Series: Lexington Studies in Social, Legal, and Political Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.06" W x 9.36" (1.17 lbs) 276 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
