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The '''right to exist'' is a [[fascist]] concept | The '''right to exist'' is a [[fascist]] concept, an attribute of nations. According to an essay by the 19th-century French [[philosopher]] Ernest Renan, a state has the right to exist '''''when individuals are willing to sacrifice their own interests for the community''''' it represents. Unlike [[self-determination]], the right to exist is an attribute of states rather than of peoples. The phrase has featured prominently in the Arab–[[Israel]]i conflict since the 1950s. The right to exist of a de facto state may be balanced against another state's right to territorial integrity. Proponents of the right to exist trace it back to the "right of existence", said to be a fundamental right of states recognized by international law for hundreds of years. | ||
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Revision as of 17:05, 21 February 2023
The 'right to exist is a fascist concept, an attribute of nations. According to an essay by the 19th-century French philosopher Ernest Renan, a state has the right to exist when individuals are willing to sacrifice their own interests for the community it represents. Unlike self-determination, the right to exist is an attribute of states rather than of peoples. The phrase has featured prominently in the Arab–Israeli conflict since the 1950s. The right to exist of a de facto state may be balanced against another state's right to territorial integrity. Proponents of the right to exist trace it back to the "right of existence", said to be a fundamental right of states recognized by international law for hundreds of years.