Enacting citizenship for the healthy politeia

In the wake of ‘end ideology’ predictions late twentieth century, nationalist ideologies and discourses have proven strikingly resilient, as authoritarian regimes relying on nationalism for their legitimacy power. Meanwhile, so-called liberal political philosophers theorists who claim commitments to rights justice make arguments that invigorate subjectivities at expense rule law. This essay explains how even those are critical nationalist, nonetheless use a vocabulary reinvigorates Jacques Derrida’s ‘sovereign beast’. Insights from Miguel de Cervantes Franz Kafka used amplify Engin Isin’s timely if not urgent behalf theorizing citizenship enactments creative, innovative, autonomous, status derived membership. Plato’s views ‘healthy politeia’, well examples creativity within existing governments elucidated further emphasize benefits new scripts citizens over proposing theories governments.