Archive for August, 2010

The Holocaust, genocide studies and modern politics

Posted: August 23, 2010 in anti-semitism and racism, genocide, Israel / Palestine
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A report and commentary on debates at two conferences this summer, involving Omer Bartov, Dirk Moses and others, for openDemocracy.

Interview on the ‘global state’ with the Italian paper Avvenire, 21 August 2010

Posted: August 23, 2010 in globalization and democratisation
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English text of the interview with Damiano Palano (the published Italian version is in the PDF attached at the foot of this text): 1. When many spoke of ‘unipolar age’ or of ‘Empire’, you argued instead that the “West” was a “Global State”. But today the “Global State” is experiencing a deep political crisis. Is [...]

The ‘global state’ after 9/11: new introduction for the Italian edition (2004).doc

Posted: August 23, 2010 in globalization and democratisation
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Text of the new Introduction to my Theory of the Global State, published in the Italian edition (2004), and referred to in the following interview with Avvenire, 21 August 2010. Attached: Introduction to the Italian edition.doc