By M. J. Balogun
The “interest contiguity theory,” that's the book’s centerpiece, holds that instead of a gentle, one-way cruise via background, humankind’s trip from the inception to the current has introduced him/her head to head with widely 3 sorts of pursuits. the 1st is the person curiosity, which, unusual because it could sound, has a tendency to be internally contradictory. the second one is society’s (or “national”) curiosity which, because of the conflict of wills, is much more tricky than own curiosity to harmonize. The 3rd is the curiosity espoused to justify the institution and upkeep of supranational associations. notwithstanding conflicting, a few pursuits are, as a result of their relative closeness (or contiguity), extra simply reconcilable than others.
In tracing the hyperlinks among and one of the 3 extensive different types of pursuits, the e-book starts off with a short philosophical dialogue after which proceeds to envision the consequences of human wisdom for person liberty. opposed to the backdrop of the epistemological and ontological questions raised within the first bankruptcy, the booklet examines the contending views at the thought of the kingdom, and particularly, the situations less than which it truly is justified to put the curiosity of society over that of the individual. the focal point of the fourth bankruptcy is at the insertion of the supranational governance consistent within the sovereignty equation, and at the clash among idealist and realist, and among either and the Kantian causes for the hot order. The adequacy or another way of the conflicting causes of the switch from anarchy to a ‘new global order’ is the topic taken up within the succeeding chapters. in addition to suggesting a brand new analytical device for the learn of politics and diplomacy, the contiguity theory offers statespersons new lenses with which to capture the seismic, complicated and sometimes disconcerting changes unfolding earlier than their eyes.
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