Sur Paix et guerre, Multitudes 11, hiver 2003, Majeure : Guerres et paix dans l’empire
Unlike law, which acknowledges in the "decision" determined by place and time a metaphysical category that gives it a claim to critical evaluation, a consideration of the police institution encounters nothing essential at all. Its power is formless, like its nowhere-tangible, all-pervasive, ghostly presence in the life of civilized states. And (...)
Version originale en anglais de A la recherche des pères fondateurs d’Internet, Multitudes 11, hiver 2003
Who are the founding fathers of the Internet ? This question was raised a few years ago in an article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. [10] Though the reporter could not provide an answer, his article alerted readers to the controversy. And this issue is but one of many that will need a history of the Internet to resolve. (...)
Texte original en anglais de Après le boom de la Net-économie, Multitudes 11, hiver 2003
Depuis quelques années, on peut constater l’émergence d’une nouvelle tendance dans le cinéma français (et belge) dont la caractéristique majeure serait d’être « à la croisée du poétique et de l’observation sociale » [47], réalisant « un changement dans le rapport entre représentations de la norme et de la marge » [48]. (...)
First appeared in the Italian "Global Magazine" in November, 2002 Translated by Arianna Bove and Thomas Seay
Iran, Iraq, North Korea. Within the new world order, roles and pecking orders are being redefined through conflict with "rogues states". This is the game in progress between the United States, China, Europe and Russia.
The imperial war is underway, developing and expanding with continuity and inner consistency. American initiative, the (...)
Version originale de Respectez vos ennemis : la première règle de la paix, Multitudes 11, hiver 2003
The Passions that encline men to Peace, are Fear of Death ; Desire of such things as are necessary for commodious living ; and a Hope by their Industry to obtain them.
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651)
1. Introduction.
There is now a fledgling anti-interventionist, anti-war movement in the US. It will have a lot of work to do in the near (...)
Version originale américaine de Somos fronterizos, Multitudes 11, hiver 2003
1. Borders and Trade Routes
Old (pre-Colombian) economic and political forces, along with the physical geography of the Chihuahuan desert channel the flow of water, goods and people through a pass in the mountains where the sprawling city of El Paso-Ciudad Juárez now stands. Today, the river (the Rio Grande or Rio Bravo depending on which of (...)
Traduction brésilienne de Pourquoi ce nouveau régime de guerre ?, Multitudes 11, hiver 2003
Entramos, mundialmente, em um novo regime de guerra, de longa duração. Não é possível reduzi-lo a uma seqüência de episódios de guerra, de ataques militares. Um regime de guerra não é uma seqüência de guerras localizadas. É, antes de tudo, um novo regime de controle e de destruição, almejando estender-se a uma escala mundial e que faz da (...)
