The relations between Switzerland and the European Union and the credibility of sovereignty

Diplôme Thèse The relations between Switzerland and the European Union and the credibility of sovereignty eng 2013-06-17 author Pusterla Elia Rino Giuseppe 524130 director Hug Simon 0000-0002-7741-2201 23847 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:29616 urn:nbn:ch:unige-296160 SES 806 What is that sovereignty apparently at stake when talking about Swiss-EU relations? The research reaches into philosophical debates on the complexity of sovereignty. While aiming at its very essence, the research encounters the deconstructionist hypothesis stating that there is nothing to worry about save the belief there is something to worry about. Claims of sovereignty rest upon the metaphysics of presence whose theological connotation remains, however, unsaid. Challenging (neo)realism, the thesis reveals the purely formalist character of those positions, which are well-disposed to easily (re)claim sovereignty while forgetting to define and to prove it. Accepting the challenge of applying (neo)positivist scientific standards, the research shows that there is a belief in the presence of sovereignty rather than real evidence of its presence. This metaphysical belief should not be carpeted with political realism, and sovereignty both as a political claim and as an ambition should be more openly recognized as theological. Sovereignty Claims of sovereignty Credibility of sovereignty Hypocrisy of sovereignty Hypocritical formalism Theories of sovereignty Switzerland European Union Bilateralism Comitology International relations Political theory International political theory Deconstruction Derrida Deconstructionism Ontology Political philosophy Political theology Deconstruction of positivism Epistemology Methodology Transcendental essentialism of sovereignty Metaphysics of presence Dewey 320 121 Département de science politique et relations internationales T3 false 1799a767-6401-4c62-8bb9-a3db84cadb6c Thesis Private Elia Pusterla - PHD.pdf 3320750 application/pdf df1b38233e77c9d0ef2170532e63bbc6c629ccc8fe008b718a2d27bb7e9c81f3 closedAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Département de science politique et relations internationales

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Pusterla, Elia Rino Giuseppe