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The Founding of Modern States (Hardcover)
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The Founding of Modern States (Hardcover)
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The Founding of Modern States is a bold comparative work that
examines the rise of the modern state through six case studies of
state formation. The book opens with an analysis of three foundings
that gave rise to democratic states in Britain, the United States,
and France and concludes with an evaluation of three formations
that birthed non-democratic states in the Soviet Union, Nazi
Germany, and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Through a comparative
analysis of these governments, the book argues that new state
formations are defined by a metaphysical conception of a "will of
the people" through which the new state is ritually granted
sovereignty. The book stresses the paradoxical nature of modern
foundings, characterized by "mythological imaginations," or the
symbolic acts and rituals upon which a state is enabled to secure
political and social order. An extensive study of some of the most
important events in modern history, this book offers readers novel
interpretations that will disrupt common narratives about modern
states and the state of our modern world.
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