What is the status of democracy at a time when ideological fantasies dominate the drive for an ethnic nation-state? What kinds of relations are established between the law of the state of terrorist law? The events of 9/11 have added dramatic urgency to these issues. Some of the contributors to this volume discuss questions productive with his new international context. The volume's goal is to stimulate productive ways of thinking about the dynamics of identity politics or violence and the global rhetoric of international terrorism has come to dominate the political discourse.