Ethics and Culture - Indigenous People and the concept of selfdetermination (Paperback)

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - General and Theories, grade: 1.5, The Australian National University, 27 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: It seems a peculiarity of modern capitalist civilisation, that wherever one looks one sees squares everywhere Just as this piece of paper, the screen and keys it was typed on are square, so are the borders of countless states around the globe, cutting through autochthonous communities separating cultures or forging them into a state society] often lacking their prior consent. It is not without fateful irony that, for instance, the table on which the fate of the African people was decided during the Berlin conference in 1884-85 at which the still prevailing] borders of colonial Africa were demarcated was: Square Square people with square minds made square decisions. However, contemporary claims of many indigenous peoples who are as diverse and irregular as the world they exist in continue to challenge the plane polygon geometry of the arbitrary and artificially constructed artefact of territorial sovereignty by demanding recognition of their, partial or full self-determination. Thus questioning the moral legitimacy of sovereign states and the international society of states].

General

Imprint:	Grin Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	July 2008
First published:	November 2013
Authors:	Jan Ludert
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 3mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	40
ISBN-13:	978-3-638-95597-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Promotions
LSN:	3-638-95597-4
Barcode:	9783638955973

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