État de siège: A dying domesticating colonialism?

ABSTRACT The sentiment of being “surrounded by barbarians” was once specific to settler‐colonial societies. But as the European refugee crisis made headlines in 2015, it became evident that this sentiment is gaining widespread currency in the Western world. Three developments lie behind its extensio...

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Published in:American ethnologist Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 38 - 49
Main Author: HAGE, GHASSAN
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Arlington Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2016
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Subjects:
Appropriation
Borders
Boundaries
Climate change
Colonialism
Crises
Domestication
Europe
Exploitation
Internet
Neocolonialism
Refugees
Social dynamics
Social processes
Western culture
Europe
ISSN:0094-0496, 1548-1425
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Summary:ABSTRACT The sentiment of being “surrounded by barbarians” was once specific to settler‐colonial societies. But as the European refugee crisis made headlines in 2015, it became evident that this sentiment is gaining widespread currency in the Western world. Three developments lie behind its extension: first, the resurgence in the militarized Western appropriation of world resources and its colonial imaginary; second, the crisis in the order of the national borders that has regulated the exploitation of land, resources, and labor in the neocolonial era; and third, the ecological crisis, which equally manifests itself as a crisis in the order of the borders of domestication that defined the modern exploitation of nature. Analyzing the intersection of these social processes offers us important insights into some of the dominant dynamics of Western culture today. [settler colonialism, primitive accumulation, refugee crisis, national borders, ecological crisis, Agamben]
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ISSN:0094-0496
1548-1425
DOI:10.1111/amet.12261