Sarawak State Library

WE, THE SOVEREIGN

Call no.: : 320.15/BAI
Author: : Gianpaolo Baiocchi
Contributor: : Annasyah Binti Hajemi
Summary: Gianpaolo Baiocchi argues in this book that a radical utopia of popular self-rule is the only solution. This implies that the `people` who rule must be seen as a demos that is completely open, inclusive, and equitable, continually expanding its borders. But it also implies that sovereignty must be absolute, with complete control over all significant decisions that affect people`s lives. Only via a process of explosive and creative conflict between this radical vision of the "we" and an absolute concept of the "sovereign," he claims, can we alter our approach to political parties and state institutions and turn them into vehicles of ultimate liberation.