Term
Sovereign Imaginary
used in 10 texts across the archive
“A while back I formulated the concept of the “sovereign imaginary.” This concept represents the assumption anyone makes who expresses a desire or some resentment, who says “we should…” or “someone should…,” regarding some authority who could do the thing “we should” do. If you say “Medicare for all,” you imply a model of a state that would implement Medicare for all and would do so in the way you intend.”
In use
“A sovereign imaginary implies a staffing of the officer class.”
“To the liberal presupposing an anarchist sovereign imaginary we counter-presuppose sovereign naming.”
“Even a globalist, even an anarchist, inhabits a sovereign imaginary, whether it be international human rights courts and organizations mediating trade disputes, on the one hand, or spontaneously formed agreements between unbound individuals, on the other hand.”
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