City by instalments III

As a convicted maniac, I am forced to double-check every time I have a “great idea”. That is why I am perfectly aware from the beginning that the idea of founding a city might be the origin of a sect or a fraternity –why not of a mafia? Cannot we describe the sect, the fraternity or the mafia as a “city in search of a territory”? Or it might be just the opposite: that in the origin of every city there is an exodus. These images of permanent search of a territory can be explained as a rebellion against the nation-state or, more generally, as a rebellion against any form of discipline from above. Probably it is true: the sect, the fraternity, the mafia and the city can be understood as alternative strategies to resist and overcome the discipline imposed by the state government.