2/26/2014 ‘We are in a period of global civil war of low intensity’ | The Indian Express http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/we-are-in-a-period-of-global-civil-war-of-low-intensity/ 1/3 Home Opinion Columns 20 0 Comments Ipsita Chakravarty | February 25, 2014 4:37 pm Print More From Ipsita Chakravarty Delhi Multiversity Weigh Not The bard Magical Mystery tour YOU MAY ALSO LIKE ‘We will crush these elements in the electronic media if they continue to malign our image’ Excerpts from Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s speech, delivered at a Youth Congress rally in Solapur, Maharashtra, on February 23. Boaventura De Sousa Santos is director, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal. In Delhi for a lecture, he spoke to Ipsita Chakravarty on the failures of the modern state and why development is a fallible word: You have suggested that a certain idea of the modern state has run up against its limits. How should we begin to rethink this idea? The idea of the modern state is based on four premises. One, that the state is an institutional formation, and one of the pillars of modern social regulation. The other pillars are the market and civil society. There must be a balance between these pillars. But the balance has been destroyed in favour of the market. Global capitalism has become the main principle of social regulation, and the state remains legitimate to the extent that it serves the market. This is creating problems because the market was not designed to think of the common good or sovereignty. Two, there are two markets in a modern state. First, the economic market, where there are values that have a price tag. The other is the political market, the market of ideas. These are not for sale. They have to be in ‘We are in a period of global civil war of low intensity’ Publishing Your Poems? Publish Poems with India's Leading Poetry Book Publisher. Contact Us! www.partridgepublishing.com/India Ads by Google SUMMARY Boaventura De Sousa Santos is director, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Tweet This RECOMMENDED Excerpts from Shinde's 'crush elements in electronic media' speech Excerpts from Shinde’s speech, delivered at a Youth Congress rally in Solapur, Maharashtra. BUSINESS AS USUAL BY E.P UNNY FEB 26: LATEST HEADLINE Children of Bal Kalyan Sanstha set eyes on Limca Book Records 11:59 am, Feb 26, 2014 BJP advises ‘control over mind and tongue’ after Khurshid’s ‘impotent’ remark on Modi 11:51 am, Feb 26, 2014 Gunfire becoming routine in Bangkok, says Thai security chief 11:46 am, Feb 26, 2014 OPINION WEDNESDAY, FEB 26, 2014 Follow 929k Like Boaventura De Sousa Santos, Professor of sociology. Express photos Only In The Express: 90,000 per seat: Young India could swing Elections 2014 'Astro turf is very good for Indian hockey. It’s just an excuse that India has suffered because of it' E-Paper Today's Paper Astrology NATION WORLD BUSINESS CITIES SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT LIFESTYLE TECHNOLOGY OPINION PHOTOS ARCHIVES ALL SECTIONS
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2/26/2014 ‘We are in a period of global civil war of low intensity’ | The Indian Express
Boaventura De Sousa Santos, Professor of sociology. Express photos
Only In The Express: 90,000 per seat: Young India could swing Elections 2014'Astro turf is very good for Indian hockey. It’s just an excuse that India has suffered because of it'The new Chanderpaul at the crease plays a straight batAAP in the air: Kejriwal's party laying ground for its big leap to the national stage
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