The "interest contiguity theory," which is the book's
centerpiece, holds that rather than a smooth, one-way cruise
through history, humankind's journey from the inception to the
present has brought him/her face to face with broadly three types
of interests. The first is the individual interest, which, strange
as it may sound, tends to be internally contradictory. The second
is society's (or "national") interest which, due to the clash of
wills, is even more difficult than personal interest to harmonize.
The third is the interest espoused to justify the establishment and
maintenance of supranational institutions. Though conflicting, some
interests are, due to their relative closeness (or contiguity),
more easily reconcilable than others.
In tracing the links between and among the three broad types of
interests, the book begins with a brief philosophical discussion
and then proceeds to examine the implications of human knowledge
for individual liberty. Against the backdrop of the epistemological
and ontological questions raised in the first chapter, the book
examines the contending perspectives on the theory of the state,
and in particular, the circumstances under which it is justified to
place the interest of society over that of the individual. The
focus of the fourth chapter is on the insertion of the
supranational governance constant in the sovereignty equation, and
on the conflict between idealist and realist, and between both and
theKantian explanations for the new order. The adequacy or
otherwise of the conflicting explanations of the change from
anarchy to a 'new world order' is the subject taken up in the
succeeding chapters. Besides suggesting a new analytical tool for
the study of politics and international relations, the contiguity
theoryoffers statespersonsnew lenses with which to capturethe
seismic, perplexing andsometimes disconcertingchangesunfolding
before their eyes.
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