Apologies accepted. The more important point was the second one; the use of 'nation' and 'state' an interchangeable seems to posit that the interests of all the individuals in a nation-state are identical and pursued in a uniform way, regardless of social class, political affiliation, ethnicity, religion, gender, age etc. But of course there are many traditions of political thought (both leftist and others) that don't accept this. For example, the Marxist thought has traditionally seen the nation-state as representing the interests of the capitalist bourgeoisie in the state, and these interests have been thought to be opposed to the interest of the proletariat. Again, libertarians might see the bureocratic apparatus of the nation-state as having interests of its own and hindering the interests of the business and so on. O.K. --- On Mon, 12/1/08, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: WSJ -- Ode to Oil -- thoughts? > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 6:57 PM > Omar: I am from Montenegro, not from Macedonia. > > > I apologize for my carelessness, Omar. In penance I am > reading about Crna Gora and the Dinaric Alps to alleviate a > small part of my ignorance. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, > vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html