Sublime

Walk a couple of blocks from Dupont Circle at the heart of commercial Washington, and you come upon a tiny plaza graced by Gandhi, with walking stick. And perhaps 100 yards from him, within shouting distance, stands Tomas Masaryk, the great Czech patriot and statesman.

Elle partirait du constat que la globalisation a créé le substrat d’une société-monde (réseau de communications multiples et immédiates sur le globe, économie désormais planétaire), mais sans créer des institutions propres ni une conscience commune. Il serait d’abord nécessaire d’élaborer, à partir d’une ONU réformée, non pas un gouvernement mondia

MacIntyre does not shrink from specifying the moral aspect: the large-scale manipulation of individuals. Not just manipulation of the way in which they organise their work, and thus their lives, but, more broadly, manipulation of the way they think about themselves and others.

From this point on, the core dynamics of the Subject Story were largely set: protection, division, subjugation, conquest, patronage, duty; in a word, paternalism. We can recognise them from the Roman Empire to the British to the rise of Hitler, right through to the looming resurgence of the Subject Story in the form of the strongman leaders of the

There, unforgettably, was the compromise characteristic of the age: freedom in principle, perhaps even partially, eventually, in practice. But Union—and its requirement that great ends be kept within available means—came first. Only a state at peace with itself could save its soul. For now.

Lee Kuan Yew: The state should provide its people with the maximum enjoyment of freedoms and respect the family unit. The state should embrace multiple nations yet demand loyalty

Alongside dealing with ethnic conflict, European governments have been grappling with what degree of integration is desirable and politically feasible among their citizens.