Men and States Rethinking the Domestic Analogy in a Global Age

Can we rule states through the same means that have been used to rule individuals? Has globalization rendered the analogy between male individual human beings and states outdated? This book tackles the issue by analyzing the presuppositions of the domestic analogy and providing the tools to assess its validity in the different contexts and theories. What renders such a reasoning problematic is not its resting on a mere analogy, but the fact that it surreptitiously transforms an historically situated model, that of the western sovereign state, into a paradigm of universal value. By focusing on a crucial yet often neglected problem for both contemporary Political Theory and International Relations, Men and States argues for the need to overcome the domestic analogy towards the development of a global political theory able to face the challenges of the new global age.