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Cargando... Land, Conflict, and Justice: A Political Theory of Territorypor Avery Kolers
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Territorial disputes have defined modern politics, but political theorists and philosophers have said little about how to resolve such disputes fairly. Is it even possible to do so? If historical attachments or divine promises are decisive, it may not be. More significant than these largely subjective claims are the ways in which people interact with land over time. Building from this insight, Avery Kolers evaluates existing political theories and develops an attractive alternative. He presents a novel link between political legitimacy and environmental stewardship, and applies these ideas in an extended and balanced discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. The result is the first systematic normative theory of territory, and an impressive example of applied philosophy. In addition to political theorists and philosophers, scholars and students of sociology, international relations, and human geography will find this book rewarding, as will anyone with wider interests in territory and justice. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Philosophers like to note the "work" that a theoretical construction performs or fails to perform in a given argument. On that note, it is clear that the notion of "plenitude" carries almost the entire workload in this argument. The author builds a list of seven different kinds of land claims and notes for each kind what kind of plenitude must be shown in order for the claim to be valid. This is a reasonably interesting discussion because it highlights different claim varieties from a neutral vantage point. The author argues that traditional cosmopolitan political theory, where nations or peoples are treated as sovereign entities with equal rights, is typically not able to treat such claims in an equal manner.
That criticism might be true, but it must still be said that it is hopelessly unclear how "plenitude" and the "ethnographic community" can be given any practical content. Stating that plenitude is an objective concept does not make it so, and musing about ecologically enlightened communities of like-minded folks does not bring them into existence in the real world. A lot more thought would have to be put into explicating these new theoretical concepts than what is presented in this book if they are to have any meaning. Nevertheless, despite falling a bit short on the conceptual front, this book still manages to present a reasonably interesting analysis of land claims which should provide food for further thought for those who are interested in this topic.