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The Significance of Borders 1st Edition

by Thierry Baudet (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
For almost three-quarters of a century, the countries of Western Europe have abandoned national sovereignty as an ideal. Nation states are being dismantled: by supranationalism from above, by multiculturalism from below. This book explains why supranationalism and multiculturalism are in fact irreconcilable with representative government and the rule of law. It challenges one of the most central beliefs in contemporary legal and political philosophy, which is that borders are bound to disappear.
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  1. ISBN-10
    9004228136
  2. ISBN-13
    978-9004228139
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Martinus Nijhoff Publishers / Brill Academic
  5. Publication date
    June 15, 2012
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  8. Print length
    300 pages
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A very serious work. It tackles a large and important subject with a calm and serious argument. The author develops his views with an unusual degree of energy and persistence --Jeremy A. Rabkin

A lucid and important book --Theodore Dalrymple

About the Author

Thierry Baudet (1983) LL.M., studied Law and History at the University of Amsterdam, and received his PhD from Leiden University. He is a teacher at Leiden Law School, and has published two edited volumes on political philosophy. He is also a columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Martinus Nijhoff Publishers / Brill Academic
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 15, 2012
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9004228136
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9004228139
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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Thierry Baudet (LL.M., PhD), read Law and History at the University of Amsterdam, where he focused on political and philosophical subjects. He received his PhD from Leiden University in 2012.

Baudet has been teaching Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy for over seven years at Leiden Law School, the University of Amsterdam and the Academia Vitae in Deventer. He has published two edited volumes on political philosophy (in Dutch): Conservatieve Vooruitgang ('Conservative Progress') and Revolutionair Verval ('Revolutionary Decline'). He is also a columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad and a regular commentator on radio and tv.

In June of this year, Thierry Baudet published his first English book, entitled The Significance of Borders (Boston and Leiden, 2012). It appeared in Dutch as De Aanval op de Natiestaat (Amsterdam, 2012). In September he will publish a new book (in Dutch), which will be entitled: 'Pro Europe therefore against the EU. The alternative to Brussels'.

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  • Anthony Thompson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Significance of Borders
    Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2012
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    Baudet's book dismantles the rickety intellectual scaffolding that supports the EU with the same relentless thoroughness that Karl Popper used to take communism apart, brick by brick, in his The Open Society and its Enemies.

    The Significance of Borders does much more than articulate why supra-nationalism and multi-culturalism are dead ends; he argues from first principles so that the reader is clear not only that these aspirations don't work but also that they can't work.

    In short, this an important book and should be read by everyone who wants to live under an accountable government and in a country that is capable of changing and adapting and abhors totalitarianism by the back door that organisations like the EU offer.
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  • Rudi Van Gysel
    5.0 out of 5 stars The perilous nature of feeble states.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2019
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    An in-depth, no stone left unturned explanation on what modern Western states actually are and how they came into being. Ongoing, Baudet provides us with a refreshing new angle on how to look at the problems facing Western states today.
    A must read which will make you feel worried, very worried!
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  • Brian Drake
    3.0 out of 5 stars EU is finished.. needs to be buried now.
    Reviewed in Canada on February 4, 2016
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    tough read.... still at it....
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  • henri
    4.0 out of 5 stars très riche
    Reviewed in France on June 30, 2014
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    gros travail de recherche, une thèse sans idéologie, très enrichissant. La langue est parfois un peu raide mais le sujet n'est pas commode. a lire.
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  • RevRMBWest
    3.0 out of 5 stars Tends to play-down the reality of a nation being tantamount ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2014
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    Tends to play-down the reality of a nation being tantamount to an ethnic group; a confusion of thought which has gradually arisen in the 20th century.
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  • N. Frei
    4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read - gets you thinking!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 27, 2012
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    A very enjoyable read - despite the fact that it's a piece of academic research, it's easily readable.
    I found the chapters on the state, as well as the supranational institutions, very convincing and a solid piece of research with some punchy conclusions which should get us all thinking.
    The 'multicultural' argument (final third of the book) could perhaps have been a bit more fleshed out - there were multi-cultural political entities in the past (USSR, Roman Empire, KuK, etc); I would have loved to read more about how and why they were/were not successful in creating a (supra-) national identity, and what lessons can be learnt as we move to a multi-cultural society ourselves. (But to be fair to the author, the book couldn't possibly include all the many avenues of possible research).

    A good read, highly recommendable & stimulating.
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