World order, imperialism and the “theory of the fourth world”. Part one
... interpretation of nation-building processes under conditions of imperial transformation. The article offers a general explanation of the current role and possible future of the foundation of contemporary “international relations”—the phenomenon of the nation-state. The author argues that the idea of the existence of “nations” (and “nation-states”) is unstable and, on this basis, proposes one possible (though undesirable) scenario for the development of human societies in the event of the ...
