The Descent of the Public
The Westphalian project and the fate of the Public
Venkatesh Rao | Aug 8, 2020 | 7 | 1 |
This is the second entry in my After Westphalia essay series, on the future (or lack thereof) of the nation-state. It is intended as a longue durée companion to my Great Weirding series.
The Westphalian moment in European history marked the culmination of what might be called the Greek project: the completion of the construction of a continent-scale cons…