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War, Discipline and Imperium
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War, Discipline and Imperium
Ronnie D. Lipschutz
Professor of Politics
260 Stevenson College
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: 831-459-3275
Fax: 831-459-3334
e-mail:
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Abstract
"At the beginning of the 21st century," the history books of the future may record, "the United States made its bid for Imperium. The attacks of September 11, 2001 brought home to Washington, DC the very real risks of a largely self-regulating global market system, including both the disaffection it generated and the openings it provided to those disaffected. In the wake of September 11th, Washington has been putting in place a new global system in which the United States is not only hegemonic but also establishes rules that will bind all other countries. Within Imperium, international law is unnecessary because there is no longer an international system or global republic, and there are no longer sovereign territories as once understood. Instead, there is a global proto-empire, centered in the United States, which uses war and policing as forms of discipline to maintain order within the provinces of Imperium. Under these conditions, war is no longer the classical clash of brute strength but is, rather, a tactic through which unruly provinces are brought to heel.
Prepared for delivery at a panel on "Invisible Empire: De-Territorialization and the Hidden Sites of American Power," 100
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Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Chicago, 2-5 September, 2004. © Copyright by the American Political Science Association.
Keywords: war, discipline, empire, liberalism, globalization, national security, revolution in military affairs, Great Awakenings, religion
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War, Discipline and Imperium
Ronnie D. Lipschutz
Professor of Politics
260 Stevenson College
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: 831-459-3275
Fax: 831-459-3334
e-mail:
## email not listed ##
Abstract
"At the beginning of the 21st century," the history books of the future may record, "the
United States made its bid for Imperium. The attacks of September 11, 2001 brought
home to Washington, DC the very real risks of a largely self-regulating global market
system, including both the disaffection it generated and the openings it provided to those
disaffected. In the wake of September 11th, Washington has been putting in place a new
global system in which the United States is not only hegemonic but also establishes rules
that will bind all other countries. Within Imperium, international law is unnecessary
because there is no longer an international system or global republic, and there are no
longer sovereign territories as once understood. Instead, there is a global proto-empire,
centered in the United States, which uses war and policing as forms of discipline to
maintain order within the provinces of Imperium. Under these conditions, war is no
longer the classical clash of brute strength but is, rather, a tactic through which unruly
provinces are brought to heel.
Prepared for delivery at a panel on "Invisible Empire: De-Territorialization and the
Hidden Sites of American Power," 100
th
Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Chicago, 2-5 September, 2004. © Copyright by the American
Political Science Association.
Keywords: war, discipline, empire, liberalism, globalization, national security, revolution
in military affairs, Great Awakenings, religion
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