Is the modern nation-state humanity’s greatest political achievement—or a historically constructed system that now sacrifices living systems to preserve its own sovereign authority? This debate explores both sides of one of the most fundamental political questions of our time. Read More
Tag: Public Administration
Episode 86: Deep Dive | The Nation-State as a Life-Harm Machine
What if the nation-state is not a timeless political reality, but a historically constructed technology that has become increasingly disconnected from the conditions that sustain life? In this Deep Dive, we unpack The Sovereign Enclosure of Life and explore how sovereignty, borders, identity, bureaucracy, and development came together to form what Dr. Bichara Sahely calls the “life-harm machine”—and why a life-coherent redesign may now be necessary. Read More