This book describes the Scottish independence referendum as the latest incarnation of a contest between two times – on one hand, an ideally continuous time beyond determination underpinning financial sovereignty, on the other the interruptions to this ideal continuity inherent in human action.
Pointing to a number of linked historical frameworks, the question of self-determination is described as fissures in the empty time of the sovereign economy, and questions asked of a British left who despite this keep returning to a 'zombie state'.
The book goes to the 'natural and eternal' principles of state and traces them through consensus to show the tightening of the constitution against popular determination, but shows how loyalty to a financial 'empty time' is shown to be in chronic decline.
