This is quite a prophet-like! Retaliation is q key word here.
Farhad
Territorial boundaries are central to the operation of the state. Nation-state -- Versale Peace treaty?
Farhad
Political Geographies concepts State/ Non-state actors, power Territoriality Knowledge/Discourse Authority/Power The world is changing, state and non-state are both important. Governance, not government! Kosovo is actually not independent -- here we have a bias in the book, or the discourse that is being promulgated. Speak about discourse and what it means and the theory of Gramsci behind discourses. Foucault and his importance. Gramsci is very important Marx theory of state
Farhad
The relational nature of sovereighnty and reality for that matter. The idea of double-standards is a farce, no such thing as double standards. It's a social construct, not a positivist idea. And sovereignty is that too.
Farhad
The bias in the book. Not o forget the colonization of the West. No book is cleat of bias, you need to apply your brain when reading!
Farhad
This is reminiscent of Gramsci -- the concept of hegemony and concent, the centaur with the force of the horse and trhe moral perusation and intellect of the human.