The Emperor is Naked - On the Inevitable Demise of the Nation-State
Hamid Dabashi
Publisher: Zed Books
Summary
A fascinating demonstration of how the colonial legacy of the nation state has failed to produce a legitimate and enduring unit of postcolonial polityExplores growing transnational public spheres across the Arab and Muslim world, such as the Nobel Peace Prize winning formation of a civil society “Quartet” in TunisiaExamines, conversely, how ruling states such as Iran, Morocco, Turkey and Yemen have violently attempted to manufacture their legitimacyMediAuthor is a respected and much-published Middle Eastern scholar, and a Professor at Columbia University, New York