Universal History of Marseilles

The medieval city, with its rich experience of emancipation, took all those who saw it as an evidence that democracy doesn’t come from the top, from the State, but from the base, the « commune ». If we look at the world from the specific space we call the town, we can understand where and how the domination mecanisms are at work. Now that the town is undergoing disintegration, how can we proceed to start from the local to reach the universal ? This analysis of the contradictory relationships of a town with the State, then with the globalisation, is a contribution to  this question.