Thinking beyond Democracy and Freedom: A Post 9/11 War on Terrorism Scenario

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  • Rana Eijaz Ahmad Professor Department of Political Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Author
  • Muhammad Sajid Assistant Professor Department of Political Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Author

Keywords:

Globalution, MNCs, Democracy, Freedom, Liberalism, Libracantilism

Abstract

This paper is going to explore the world beyond democracy and the shrouded concept of freedom. In the world of 'globalution' where revolution comes through Multinational Corporations and any specific form of government does not work but tolerance. Tolerance for this paper is all about respect for each other’s' ideology, opinion, and status. It makes us wise enough to make our surroundings a harmonized and liveable place. The dichotomous nature of societies demands space for each other. However, we humans are supposed to respect each other's existence without any specifications. We are just human beings instead of Confucianists, Communists, Capitalists, Hindus, Christians, and Muslims. Humans are born free but their specifications have made them intolerant towards each other. Tolerance is a basic ingredient of democracy, which is a means to an end, not an end itself. Freedom can only be observed with impositions and impositions are against the concept of freedom. Thus, this paper will conclude the outcome of the nature of the modern sovereign state system. It is teemed with liberalism (a mixture of liberalism and realism) and liberacantilism (a mixture of liberalism and mercantilism). Misinterpretations of the West have made certain errors during the post 9/11 socalled war against terrorism. These errors cumulatively transform terrorism into 'errorism'. This 'errorism' is bringing home the world that inequality and imbalances are occurring horizontally and vertically making this world disorder. Industrialization is going on in the West and the population is increasing in the rest, breaking the "iron cage of liberalism." It demands a glocal system of governance that could sustain people's co-existence at home and abroad. The triangulation method with primary and secondary sources would be used in the process of this research

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2021-06-30

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Rana Eijaz Ahmad, & Muhammad Sajid. (2021). Thinking beyond Democracy and Freedom: A Post 9/11 War on Terrorism Scenario. Journal of Political Studies, 28(01), 169-179. https://jps.pu.edu.pk/6/article/view/565

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