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Becoming Indigenous: Governing Imaginaries in the Anthropocene
Contributor(s): Chandler, David (Author), Reid, Julian (Author)

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ISBN: 1786605724     ISBN-13: 9781786605726
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
OUR PRICE: $52.50  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism
- Philosophy | Political
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 305.8
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.64 lbs) 194 pages
 
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Representations of indigenous peoples, while never static, have always served the interests of settler-colonialism. Historically, the dominant framing marginalised indigenous practices as legacies of the distant past. Today indigenous approaches are demanded in order for settler-colonialism itself to have a future. Becoming indigenous, we are told, is a necessity if humanity is to survive and cope with the catastrophic changes wrought by modernist excess in the Anthropocene. Becoming Indigenous provides an agenda-setting critique, analysing how and why indigeneity has been reduced to instrumental imaginaries of perseverance and resilience. Indigenous 'alternatives' are today central to a range of governing discourses, which promise empowerment but are highly disciplinary. Critical theorists often endorse these framings, happy to instrumentalise indigenous peoples as caretakers of the environment or as teaching the moderns about their 'more-than-human' responsibilities. Chandler and Reid argue that these discourses have little to do with indigenous struggles or with challenging settler-colonial power. In fact, instrumentalising indigeneity in these ways merely reinforces neoliberal hegemony, marginalising critical alternatives for both indigenous and non-indigenous peoples alike.

Contributor Bio(s): Chandler, David: - David Chandler is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, UK. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding and currently edits the journal Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourses. He also edits two book series: Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding and Advances in Democratic Theory.Reid, Julian: - Julian Reid is Chair and Professor of International Relations at the University of Lapland, Finland. He is co-author of Resilient Life: The Art of Living Dangerously, The Liberal Way of War: Killing to Make Life Live and author of Biopolitics of the War on Terror.
 
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