The nation-state: a philosophical vision

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Suez University - Faculty of Arts

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The fluidity of mobility and the ease of localization, despite the multiplicity of colors and religions, represented the natural state of man that preceded the establishment of the nation-state; the nation-state may even be on its way out to one degree or another. Actual national sovereignty has been diminished in favor of subordination to the global administration (great countries, international associations, organizations and bodies, multinational corporations, cross-border media, etc.).
We are heading towards a new world order if we have not already fallen into its captivity, and if the intellectuals and sincere do not take the initiative with courage and sacrifice to formulate this system to maximize the opportunities for agreement and advancement and to prevent the resulting defects and grievances, it will be difficult to rectify this whenever stakeholders sculpt the features of this system in detail.
This study aims to break free from the intellectual postulates related to the problem of the homeland, citizenship, and patriotism and to reconsider this problem through an ambitious philosophical view that attempts to answer the following questions: What is the homeland? Who is responsible for setting the geographical borders of the homeland? What is the accepted basis for that? What is the bond of citizenship that deserves to bind a group of people? When is the nation-state in crisis? What is the desired nation-state?
 

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