As citizens, we hold certain truths to be self-evident: that the rights to own land, marry, inherit property, and especially to assume birthright citizenship should be guaranteed by the state. The laws promoting these rights appear not only to preserve our liberty but to guarantee society remains just. Yet considering how much violence and inequality results from these legal mandates, Jacqueline Stevens asks whether we might be making the wrong assumptions. Would a world without such laws be more just? Arguing that the core laws of the nation-state are more about a fear of death than a desire for freedom, Jacqueline Stevens imagines a world in which birthright citizenship, family inheritance, state-sanctioned marriage, and private land ownership are eliminated. Would chaos be the result? Drawing on political theory and history and incorporating contemporary social and economic data, she brilliantly critiques our sentimental attachments to birthright citizenship, inheritance, and marriage and highlights their harmful outcomes, including war, global apartheid, destitution, family misery, and environmental damage. It might be hard to imagine countries without the rules of membership and ownership that have come to define them, but as Stevens shows, conjuring new ways of reconciling our laws with the condition of mortality reveals the flaws of our present institutions and inspires hope for moving beyond them.
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质问民族主义的来源和本质 建构女性主义的国家 单独的论证易遭驳斥 但基于政治哲学与人类学的大胆设想 揭露了剥掉民族国家在理论上的可行性 很有启发性
评分质问民族主义的来源和本质 建构女性主义的国家 单独的论证易遭驳斥 但基于政治哲学与人类学的大胆设想 揭露了剥掉民族国家在理论上的可行性 很有启发性
评分质问民族主义的来源和本质 建构女性主义的国家 单独的论证易遭驳斥 但基于政治哲学与人类学的大胆设想 揭露了剥掉民族国家在理论上的可行性 很有启发性
评分质问民族主义的来源和本质 建构女性主义的国家 单独的论证易遭驳斥 但基于政治哲学与人类学的大胆设想 揭露了剥掉民族国家在理论上的可行性 很有启发性
评分质问民族主义的来源和本质 建构女性主义的国家 单独的论证易遭驳斥 但基于政治哲学与人类学的大胆设想 揭露了剥掉民族国家在理论上的可行性 很有启发性
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