Comments on: Nation States: From Non-Existent to Status Quo http://cominganarchy.com/2008/03/02/nation-states-from-non-existent-to-status-quo/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:43:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ortho stice http://cominganarchy.com/2008/03/02/nation-states-from-non-existent-to-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-382622 ortho stice Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:08:50 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/03/02/nation-states-from-non-existent-to-status-quo/#comment-382622 This is a nice post, although it's quite Eurocentric. If you factor the Americas into your analysis you will encounter a different periodization. Nationalism is a "New World" invention. It arose much earlier in the Americas than in Europe: at the beginning of the nineteenth century instead of at the end of the nineteenth century. See for example Anderson, <i>Imagined Communities</i>, chapter 4. This is a nice post, although it’s quite Eurocentric. If you factor the Americas into your analysis you will encounter a different periodization. Nationalism is a “New World” invention. It arose much earlier in the Americas than in Europe: at the beginning of the nineteenth century instead of at the end of the nineteenth century. See for example Anderson, Imagined Communities, chapter 4.

]]> By: IJ http://cominganarchy.com/2008/03/02/nation-states-from-non-existent-to-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-382597 IJ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:13:56 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/03/02/nation-states-from-non-existent-to-status-quo/#comment-382597 Because of the evolving complexity of the global economy, it looks like the Doha round of trade talks is going nowhere. We may see a retreat from free trade and who knows what will follow then. <a href="http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/22/1180.html" rel="nofollow">Is Free Trade Heading for Eclipse</a> asks an advisor to the DG of the World Trade Organisation. Because of the evolving complexity of the global economy, it looks like the Doha round of trade talks is going nowhere. We may see a retreat from free trade and who knows what will follow then.
Is Free Trade Heading for Eclipse asks an advisor to the DG of the World Trade Organisation.

]]> By: Chirol http://cominganarchy.com/2008/03/02/nation-states-from-non-existent-to-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-382583 Chirol Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:56:16 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/03/02/nation-states-from-non-existent-to-status-quo/#comment-382583 I actually meant more like individual-family-extended family-clan or gender-race-religion. Things like that since they preceeded states I actually meant more like individual-family-extended family-clan or gender-race-religion. Things like that since they preceeded states

]]> By: IJ http://cominganarchy.com/2008/03/02/nation-states-from-non-existent-to-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-382576 IJ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:48:52 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/03/02/nation-states-from-non-existent-to-status-quo/#comment-382576 <b>The main organising principle for humans?</b> Probably to devise the optimal grouping for attracting wealth and holding on to it. But the philosophy of the United Nations and WTO to strive for order and to create 'a level playing field' worldwide are a real threat to the most successful groupings. The main organising principle for humans?

Probably to devise the optimal grouping for attracting wealth and holding on to it. But the philosophy of the United Nations and WTO to strive for order and to create ‘a level playing field’ worldwide are a real threat to the most successful groupings.

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