الدولة القومية الأوروبية : منجزاتها و تقيداتها : ماضي السيادة و المواطنة و مستقبلها

Abstract EN

This article was published by Jurgen Habermas in Ratio Juris, Vol.

9, No.

2, June 1996 (125-137).

It tackles the idea of the European nation state, its achievements and limitations, now and in the future as far as sovereignty and citizenship are concerned.

Specifically, the “global success” of nation states is currently brought into play by the new requirements of multicultural differentiation and globalization.

After commenting on the common concepts of “state” and “nation“ and discussing the formation of nation states, the author explains the particular achievement of the national state and the tension between republicanism and nationalism built into it.

The challenges that arise from the multicultural differentiation of civil society and from trends towards globalization throw light on the limitations of this historical type.

Most of the ideas comprised in this article can be found scattered in his previous works.