 Vicissitudes of Nations: A Materialist ViewMichio Morishima
Chapter Lecture 2 in Collaborative Development in Northeast Asia, 2000, pp 61-96 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract We at last have to think about what a nation is. There exist two kinds of groups in society: associations governed by ‘formal’ relations which have been artificially created by the will of the people, and where rights and obligations are clearly laid down; and those in which people are brought together in ‘informal’ relations, whether or not constituted by man or nature. The former is referred to as a man-made association or a society of interest, the latter as a community, but they are often referred to by the German terms Gesellschaft for the former, and Gemeinschaft for the latter. A company or a school is clearly a group based on interest, while families, races and religious groups are communities. State schools, unlike private schools, are not in search of profit, but are nevertheless societies of interest acting according to certain clearly stated rules. Keywords: European Union; Member Country; Economic Community; Japanese People; Collaborative Development (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59743-3_3 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-0-230-59743-3_3 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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