What kind of person is the state? The pilgrim as a processual metaphor beyond the Leviathan

摘要: Based on the debates metaphors in IR and debate about Wendt’s claim that ‘States are persons, too’ (1999/2004), this paper discusses what kind of person we can imagine when talk states other actors world politics. Following approaches like Jackson’s (2004) suggestion ‘personation’, Kustermans’ (2011) argument for as citizens, Luoma-aho’s (2009, 2012) critique political theology divine state, Drulak’s (2006) take motion EU discourse, draws religious semantics to introduce pilgrim a new processual metaphor actors. The homo viator is brought into constructivism qualify sociologicus Aristotelian contrast legacy economicus Leviathan. serves test analytical validity pilgrimage metaphor.