f the power of kings, like Sir Robert Filmer in England, who thought that such defenses ultimately opened the way to more democratic claims.[තහවුරු කර නොමැත]Some contemporary thinkers, such as Michel Foucault, have argued that political theory needs to get away from the notion of the state: "We need to cut off the king's head. In political theory that has still to be done."[22] By this he meant that power in the modern world is much more decentralized and uses different instruments than power in the early modern era, so that the notion of a sovereign, centralized state is increasingly out of date.ආශ්‍රිත ලිපි[සංස්කරණය]එකීය රාජ්‍යයරජයජාතිකභාවයජාතික රාජ්‍යයMontevideo ConventionList of unrecognized countriesList of sovereign states (by formation date)Status of the Holy See in international lawජාත්‍යන්තර සබඳතා‍ෆෙඩරල් රාජ්‍යය හෙවත් එක්සත් රාජ්‍යයඅසාර්ථකවූ රාජ්‍යයDiplomatic recognitionරටවැඩිදුර කියවීම්[සංස්කරණය]Chen, Ti-chiang. The International Law of Recognition, w