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Twilight of the idols, liquid society and post-sovereignty

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  In the last decades, post-sovereignism has made its way as a turning point in the anti-establishment aftermath following the proclamation of sociological theories, such as that of the so-called liquid society, hoping for the creation of a utopian “Universal Human Nation.” Is it occurring a re-edition   of the Nietzschean “twilight of the idols [1] ,” intended as a synonym of the failures of an over-institutionalization that is drifting apart from direct representation? The usefulness of the concept of Sovereignty has often come under academic scrutiny. Sovereignty is an evolving concept that had its roots in the notion of the Westphalian State, characterized by a clearly defined territory governed by a fully empowered authority. While Bodin interpreted sovereignty as the absolute, perpetual and permanent power of the sovereign, coming from divine origins, that authorizes him even to break the rules of his predecessors, from Rousseau onwards,   it was intended as the express

Palestinians caught in a vice grip during COVID-19 pandemic

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  On March 2020 took place the third general elections for the 120 sets on the Knesset. The results have seen the victory of the right-wing Likud party, leaded by Netanyahu, obtaining 58 seats, although his charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in Nov 2019, and the left-wing “Blue and white” party, headed by Gantz. After several compromises, the 20th of April an emergency government of national unity was established for a limited period of time of 36 months, presided by Netanyahu for the first 18 months and by Gantz during next 18 months, under the approval of the president Rivlin. During the first phase, Gantz will be vice-premier and Minister of Defence. The shifting on the guidance of executive will be regulated by a Knesset’s law. This even slight predominance of Likud party will entail the implementation of the US President Trump “deal of the century”, which encompasses the Israel annexation of the occupied West Bank territory, including the Jordan Valley region and some n

Bolsonaro in the Russian Roulette: his strenuous and hazardous efforts to overcome environmental and climate change emergency

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  What have been done to our 1 st “Planet Green Lung” and how the countries all around the world are managing to meet the international standards and to marginalize the misfits of Bolsonaro infringements of human rights, among which it should be obviously cited environmental crimes and disregarding in the compliance with international standards and agreements undertaken during fora and MoUs? The Amazon region is the largest and probably the oldest tropical rainforest in the world [1] , covering an area of 6.000.000 km2, comprising the most heterogeneous existing biodiversity in the globe. Amazon Tropical rainforest belongs to nine nations and its 60% is in Brazil. “The Central Amazon Conservation Complex” is inscribed in the World Heritage List and protected under the 1972 “Convention of concerning the protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage”. The ongoing deforestation, a clearance or clear-cutting of wide portions of vegetation in order to convert them to different