Global Politics and Its Violent Care for Indigeneity (eBook)

Sequels to Colonialism

Marjo Lindroth, Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen (Autoren)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2018
VIII, 152 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-60982-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book challenges the common perception that global politics is making progress on indigenous issues and argues that the current global care for indigeneity is, in effect, violent in nature. Examining the inclusion of indigenous peoples in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Arctic Council, the authors demonstrate how seemingly benevolent practices of international political and legal recognition are tantamount to colonialism, the historical wrong they purport to redress. By unveiling the ways in which contemporary neoliberal politics commissions a certain type of indigenous subject-one distinguished by resilience in particular-the book offers a pioneering account of how international politics has tightened its grip on indigeneity.

Marjo Lindroth is Researcher in the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, Finland.

Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen is Researcher in Gender Studies at the University of Lapland, Finland.

Inhalt

1. At home in international politics The promise of progressSites for indigeneity in international politicsSketching global indigeneityThe lingering traces of colonialismThe biopolitical present2. Excluded in the past, celebrated in the presentMaking international politics ‘better’The desire to make amends - but some things cannot be ‘fixed’Deceitful inclusionPartners in crimePolicing indigeneity3. Vulnerable yet adaptive: Indigeneity in the makingQualifications for entry Bound to the environmentVulnerability validatesAdaptation glorifiesPining for peculiaritySmothered by care4. The neoliberal embrace of resilient indigeneityThe quest for resilienceIndigenising resilienceAt the mercy of its conditionsDiluting the political5. Modes of love Biopolitical love‘I see you’‘I recognise your needs’‘I want your best, so bear with me’Eternally in-between6. ConclusionsDebunking the myth of progressIndigeneity on-demand(In)sincerely yoursPolitics of hopeKill your darlings?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2017
• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 152 p.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: colonialist • Global politics • Indigenous Issues • Indigenous peoples • rights • Status
• ISBN-10: 3-319-60982-3 / 3319609823
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-60982-9 / 9783319609829