R: AUT: Fascism

["M" <swerve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't been following the thread on fascism so I'm not sure if this is
relevant to your discussion, but...

I think N&H's claim about the decline of the nation state is to do with the
question of sovereignty, which they see as displaced to another level. They
still see an important role for the nation state in terms of local
disciplinary regimes within a broader, global, reconfiguration of
sovereignty, i.e. Empire... One of the practical consequences of this would
be that representative democracy would be formally instantiated at the level
of the nation state while sovereignty has migrated elsewhere...


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[mailto:owner-aut-op-sy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]Per conto di Tahir Wood
Inviato: giovedi 21 febbraio 2002 14.15
A: aut-op-sy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oggetto: Re: AUT: Fascism


>>> mhandelman1@xxxxxxxxx 02/21/02 03:12PM >>>
If Negri+Hardt are right, we are seeing the decline of
the nation-state. With the decline of the
nation-state, nationalism also starts to die.

Tahir: Well not much sign of that in the US right now is there?

Hence, to equate fascism with extreme nationalism,
won't make too much sense in a couple of years (hardly
anyone will be seen as a fascist).

Tahir: Well, a lot of ifs here. I don't see the nation state diappearing.
But if there were no nation states (within a couple of years - are you
serious?) then I would find it hard to understand what the nature of fascism
would be. Can you conceive of fascism within H & N's scenario? And if so,
what would it look like?




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