| Heiko Recktenwald on Mon, 14 Apr 2003 04:43:01 +0200 (CEST) |
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| Re: <nettime> Re: System vs Law |
Hi, On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Benjamin Geer wrote: > I think states respect, and invoke, international law only to the extent that > it furthers their own interests. Sometimes, those interests include Some states. > appearing to stand for higher principles, for reasons of domestic > realpolitik. For example, it is clearly in the state's interest to nourish > nationalism at home, by claiming to stand for universal values. This perhaps > partly explains the new German nationalism you described. Nationalism? To say "No" ? Why cant an aggressiv war be called an agressiv war without "nationalism" ? I think your premise is wrong. > > The 'street' has in > > many ways become part of an extended state, > > The British state certainly didn't want millions of its citizens to > demonstrate against its participation in the invasion of Iraq. Nor did any > of the member states of the WTO want their citizens to demonstrate against > the WTO in Seattle in 1999. True, but in some cases the street is part of the politics, one factor, amongst others. H. # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]