States have captured the imagination of international legal scholars, to the extent that for a variety of non-state actors (NSAs), statehood may appear to be the ultimate prize. This contribution sheds some light on how the epistemic community has come to venerate the state as the structural embodiment of politico-legal order, as ‘the hero’ in international law narratives and how, nevertheless, NSAs have been allowed to carve out a space for themselves. It is argued that in spite of NSAs’ gradual emancipation, to this very day, the presence of the state continues to loom large in discussions on international legal subjectivity.

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非国家行为者：在以国家为中心的国际法体系中开辟空间

国家已经吸引了国际法学者的想象力，以至于对于各种非国家行为者 (NSA) 而言，国家地位似乎是最终的奖励。这一贡献揭示了认知共同体如何将国家视为政治法律秩序的结构化体现，作为国际法叙述中的“英雄”，以及如何允许国家安全局为他们自己。有人认为，尽管 NSA 逐渐解放，直到今天，国家的存在仍然在关于国际法律主体性的讨论中占据重要地位。