研究主權問題的同事，傳了一篇Ｏ八年的學術文章給我，題為"Sovereignty and the UFO", 作者還要是國際關係上建構主義學派的開山始祖，Alexander Wendt....學者嘛，以前讀物理的時候，每個教授都要挑戰社會及宇宙的界限，把人類的前沿再推多一小步。離開科學界，現實社會卻由規律的挑戰，轉為embrace 社會界限，打工仔是，老闆亦是，大學研究的人更甚。難得Wendt在政治哲學的期刊上，在一眾偽清高學者前，小碰學術Taboo--UFO，人格上已經得分了。
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(A. Wendt, R. Duvall "Sovereignty and the UFO" Political Theory August 2008 vol. 36 no. 4 607-633)
Abstract
Modern sovereignty is anthropocentric, constituted and organized by reference to human beings alone. Although a metaphysical assumption, anthropocentrism is of immense practical import, enabling modern states to command loyalty and resources from their subjects in pursuit of political projects. It has limits, however, which are brought clearly into view by the authoritative taboo on taking UFOs seriously. UFOs have never been systematically investigated by science or the state, because it is assumed to be known that none are extraterrestrial. Yet in fact this is not known, which makes the UFO taboo puzzling given the ET possibility. Drawing on the work of Giorgio Agamben, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida, the puzzle is explained by the functional imperatives of anthropocentric sovereignty, which cannot decide a UFO exception to anthropocentrism while preserving the ability to make such a decision. The UFO can be “known” only by not asking what it is.
http://ptx.sagepub.com/content/36/4/607.abstract
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