The empires are really called to disappear in favor of a world made of nation states ? What is the political form likely to administer the best diversity ? Is sovereignty conceivable only in airtight ? Is it not possible to design shared, superimposed, evolutionary forms of sovereignties ?
On the occasion of the publication of Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference (Princeton University Press), The life of ideas Organize a debate between the authors, Jane Burbank & Frederick Cooper (New York University), and Romain Bertrand (Ceri-Sciences-po) & Clément Thibaud (University of Nantes), which should offer answers to these questions.
In their work, called to date in the fields of history and political science, Burbank and Cooper invite a break with traditional political accounts centered on the nation and Europe. Through a vast fresco of imperial experiences, Rome and the Han dynasty with contemporary imperial forms, Asia and Europe, Africa and the Americas, the authors question chronologies and political categories outfits for acquired. This debate will be an opportunity to question the links between empires and nation states, to reflect on the permanence and diversity of the imperial form, and to dynamically rethink the notion of sovereignty.
The meeting will take place on Wednesday June 2 at 6 p.m. at the Collège de France, 3 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris.
Free entry within the limits of available places. People who wish to attend the round table are asked to send an email to Redaction at the house of Laviedesidees.fr.