Open AccessREFLECTIONS ON THE STATE IN MODERN MEXICO
Author(s) -
Ryan A. Knight
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nuestrapraxis revista de investigación interdisciplinaria de la crítica jurídica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2594-2727
DOI - 10.52729/npricj.v5i9.68
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , power (physics) , order (exchange) , sociology , political science , epistemology , law and economics , computer science , business , philosophy , physics , finance , algorithm , quantum mechanics
This paper takes up a discussion on the state in thecontext of so-called Mexico. It starts by exploring the state’s peculiar existence, both in its constant struggle to unify and define itself as so-mething which truly is, and also in its simultaneous concrete yet abs-tract presence. These two characteristics help us understand the histo-rical development of the state in modern Mexico, and the complexity of pinning down state power. Next, the paper turns to the state’s hostile relationship to self-organization, in order to think of the state as a par-ticular form of social organization grounded in relations of domination, and opposed to the self-organization of the people. Lastly, this paper offers some thoughts on recent developments in Mexico, which show the state’s continuing quest to smash or regulate self-organization into non-existence, and thus (re)produce the state and its power