--- Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
