This world is a diverse place, not necessarily in terms of people, as our DNA and our genetic make-up are actually quite similar, but the diversity lies in the imagination of human beings. Unlike the laws of physics, or thermodynamics; the existence of societal laws, justice, human rights, and even questions of race, lies in our collective imagination. The “collective imagination” of international rules, laws, and structures defines the modern “world system”. The “creation” of “nation-states”, initially predominantly in Europe, slowly emerged as the dominant system of local rule. The overall phenomenon of the modern world-system is a comparatively new construct, which found meaning first with the creation of “nation-states” that gave...