Warâs protection reversal exposes domination as the hidden core of sovereignty.
Evidence
This reversal of Schmittâs maxim reveals the hidden principle of political domination, which the state of war betrays when it exposes it to daylight. Beneath the apparent textââI protect you, so I must be obeyedââlies another, âYou must obey me so that I am protected,â and that is the case even if I donât protect you from anything anymore, above all not from myself. It is from that interpretative turnaround that all the critical theories of protective powers take off. â GreÌgoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 560
Categorization
- XREF: The principle that protects the sovereign âeven from myselfâ resonates with the readerâs concern about state power over citizens and impunity. â connects to: War reverses the protection-obedience relation so subjects protect the sovereign. â GreÌgoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 559; Dominant powers codified their own practical invulnerability as the overriding war norm; Hegemony operates through winning consent backed by the threat of force.
Related
- War reverses the protection-obedience relation so subjects protect the sovereign. (similarity 0.89)
- The protective stateâs hidden principle is obedience owed even when protection fails (similarity 0.82)
- Sovereignty inherently contradicts its protective mandate by holding power of death. (similarity 0.81)
- Kant reverses the protectorâs command into a citizenâs claim over the sovereign. (similarity 0.81)
- War can invert from disruption of law into lawâs governing principle (similarity 0.80)
- Dominant powers codified their own practical invulnerability as the overriding war norm (similarity 0.78)
- Armed drones reshape sovereignty over a stateâs own subjects, not just enemies (similarity 0.78)
- The armed drone resolves a centuries-old tension in political sovereignty. (similarity 0.78)