Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 10:25:39 -0400 From: "kenneth.mackendrick" <kenneth.mackendrick-AT-utoronto.ca> Subject: HAB: Nations and Capital Recently Habermas has turned his attention to the issue of immigration - however, to my knowledge, most of his thoughts have not yet been translated. I was wondering if anyone wanted to start a discussion about the free flow of people across borders as well as capital. It seems to me that if money is allowed to flow effortlessly across borders (such as in free trade agreements) - so should people be allowed to roam where they please? Furthermore - what other options exist for nation-states? With rampant nationalism being one of the most disturbing trends since the French Revolution - what other forms of political organization might further democratic impulses while at the same time provide the stability, social integration, and coherency necessary for meeting long-term and short-term human needs? What vision of citizenship might assist this? What vision of human rights? ken --- from list habermas-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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