Insurrectionist covers

[Steve Thompson]

 --- Justin <justin-cypherpunks at soze.net> wrote: 
> On 2004-12-10T15:50:22-0500, Steve Thompson wrote:
[snip]
> > state's personality, the state has the right, nay, obligation to
> preserve
> > its identity unchanged.  (Isn't this pretty much polysci 101
> material?)
> 
> Not typically.  The idea that the state has its own identity is obvious,
> because it has a name -- the "state".  It is clearly an atomic entity,
> in the same sense as a beehive or ant colony (to borrow unapologetically
> from R. Dawkins).  However, discussion of the state as an singular
> entity that acts to preserve itself is typically delayed until study of
> Leviathan.  Then it's expanded when studying Kant's theory of
> International Relations.

This is what happens when one picks up ideas from people who present them
second-hand (or at even greater distances from their origin) and who do
not make proper footnotes.
 
> Those are typically 2nd-year courses, at a minimum.  IR is typically 3rd
> or 4th year, but Leviathan is discussed in any number of classes, just
> not polysci 101.

My bad.


Regards,

Steve
  

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