<E> World - Convention - Brian
Franck Fourmental (franck@echo.org)
Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:26:01 -0200
For three centuries, the nation-state dominated international relations and
political economy. It consisted of the people, the territory and the nation.
It caused antagonism between countries. The modern state was born in Europe
and spread by contagion to the rest of the world and became an
absolute truth. It came to cover the whole planet, communities and
individuals.
There were opponents to this regime, like the Anarchists and the communists
for whom it was the essence
of violence and oppression. The fusion of both extremes would result in the
total state, plunging the world
into its second global conflict.