Indigeneity and Political Theory

Sovereignty and the Limits of the Political

AvKarena Shaw

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Indigeneity and Political Theory engages some of the profound challenges totraditions of modern political theory that have been posed over the past twodecades. Karena Shaw is especially concerned with practices of sovereigntyas they are embedded in and shape Indigenous politics, and responses toIndigenous politics.Drawing on theories of post-coloniality, feminism, globalization, andinternational politics, and using examples of contemporary political practiceincluding court cases and specific controversies, Shaw seeks to illustrate andargue for a way of doing political theory that is more responsive to thechallenges posed by a range of contemporary issues.An engaging and highly original analysis of Indigenenity and sovereignty,this book enables the reader to develop a more robust consideration ofrelationships between theory and practice, and thus the politics of theorizing.

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Utgivningsdatum:2008-09-11
Mått:156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Issues in Contemporary Political Theory
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415777018

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Karena Shaw is Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada. A political theorist by training, she is particularly interested in how a range of contemporary political challenges—such as those raised by indigenous, feminist and environmental movements—are reshaping political space and possibility.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: The Problem of the Political Part 1: Sovereignty and the Political 2. Hobbes: Producing Politics/Effacing Interrogation 3. Violences of Sovereignty: The "Regrettable Necessity" of Civilization 4. Sovereignty and Disciplinarity Part 2: Negotiating the Limits of the Political 5. Resistance: Negotiating the Interstices of Sovereignty 6. Adjudication: Paradoxes of Law and Sovereignty 7. Limits: James Tully and the Politics of Theory Part 3: Emerging Politicizations 8. Rethinking Sovereignty: Deleuze and Guattari 9. Rethinking Indigeneity: Remapping the Political 10. Conclusions: Leviathan’s Angels and the Future of Political Theory. Bibliography