http://www.atimes.com/front/DA16Aa02.html
"American-made rubbish about "the end of history" or "the clash of civilizations" has been swept under Afghan carpets by the impregnable reality of what Italian philosopher and professor of political science Antonio Negri termed "Empire" in his seminal book published by Harvard University Press. Negri writes that in the period between Hobbes and Hume, English political theory practically established the legitimacy of the state, based on a transcendental notion of power. This power, the Leviathan - more or less liberal - is the lesser evil in the war of everybody against everybody else. Leviathan is better because it establishes and preserves peace. The modern - though supple - version of Leviathan is Empire, a universal entity basically incarnated by America. Peace means Pax Americana. And the selected members incorporated into Empire - portions of Western Europe and Asia, small elites in Latin America - are willing volunteers. The rest - 80 percent of the planet - vegetate."
===== Kevin Dean Buffalo, NY ICQ: 8616001 http://www.yaysoft.com
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