Beschreibung
We are in the embrace of territorial shock today.
Globalization with its migrants, foot-loose firms, cyber-war
and surging income inequality induces political instability
and longing for a `saviour’. This book puts such events in a
historical perspective. New social trends collide with
territorial principles (closure, identity, governance) that
always have been taken for granted. Should we invest the new
monarchs with the same authority as the pope (16th century)
or accept other classes as co-citizens (19th century)? The
answers implied a moral shift and so do our problems with
globalization.
Gertjan Dijkink was Associate Professor of
political geography at the University of Amsterdam. He has
published on geopolitics, religion and identity.
