The Map and the Territory
“The map is not the territory” - Alfred Korzybski
The establishment of a world divided into nation-states, known as countries, is very recent in the history of humanity. Nevertheless, the existence of these countries as naturally given entities has been so powerful that it has taken over our imaginations and our identity narratives, and even projected itself onto our past….
An article in The Baffler by Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil, October 26, 2020