(Philosophy Documentation Center, 2018-01-01) Ortiz Gala, Irene
Who has the right to be a full member of a nation-state? Inherited privileges, for reasons of birth or blood, as they are put forward by jus solis and jus sanguinis, should force us to ask: Why is it that someone cannot become a full member of a society, even if she lives, works, and has her affective relations within the borders of that nation-state? As Ayelet Shachar (“Just Membership: Between Ideals and Harsh Realities,” 2012) underlines, the place of birth is fundamental in the assignment of political membership. The aim of this article is to examine if we should get rid of the idea of citizenship or if we can just widen the concept in order to think a theory wide enough to include those who now are misrecognized.
