Abstract
In this chapter I explore the relationship between two ideas: first the idea of self-preservation considered as a right of the human subject to assume existence as a centre of subjective experience, to enjoy freedom to be and become a self; and second the idea of the sovereign state as the only possible basis of peaceful coexistence between subjects considered as selves.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | State, Security, and Subject Formation |
| Editors | Anna Yeatman, Magdalena Zolkos |
| Place of Publication | U.S. |
| Publisher | Continuum |
| Pages | 100-115 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781441102249 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780826442840 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |