
Dialectics Deep Dive IIX: Contradiction and Overdetermination (Pt. 1)
Rev Left Radio
The Euro colonialist nature of international institutions and nationalism
The existence of contradictions in the formation of international institutions like the United Nations due to the disproportionate power of Western Europe and the United States highlights the Euro colonialist nature of such endeavors. The concept of nationalism, particularly Euro nationalist obsession, was instrumental in the justification for actions like the Zionist movement's slogan when taking over Palestine. The idea that a land with no people for a people with no land revealed the European perspective of nation states as a defining aspect of people, emphasizing the Euro colonialist nature of the project.
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