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View article: Courage in the Anthropocene: Towards a philosophical anthropology of the present
Courage in the Anthropocene: Towards a philosophical anthropology of the present Open
In the late 18th century, Immanuel Kant attracted attention for his criticisms of colonialism, that problematized the established boundaries between civilization and barbarism, and chastised English colonialism in particular. Some years la…
View article: Indigenizing NATO
Indigenizing NATO Open
The expansion of NATO in the Arctic has been greeted with enthusiasm by its Arctic member-states. However, states are not the only actors in the Arctic, and there is the real risk of opposition to NATO’s ambitions in the Arctic from Indige…
View article: The religious left: How the left lost its argument and fell into a moral abyss
The religious left: How the left lost its argument and fell into a moral abyss Open
The essay addresses the rise of what we elect to call ‘the religious left’. Documenting the collapse between radicality and religiosity as identity politics embraces moral absolutism, the essay offers a critique of the culture wars and the…
View article: „Reziliens Ukrajna” és a háború narratívái Európában
„Reziliens Ukrajna” és a háború narratívái Európában Open
Az egyik fő narratíva, amelynek révén (legalábbis a nyugati világban) az ukrajnai háborút keretbe foglalták, Ukrajna rezilienciája volt. Például Antony Blinken, az Egyesült Államok külügyminisztere a BBC-nek adott, 2022. március 5-én megje…
View article: Reclaiming Possession: A Critique of the Discourse of Dispossession in Indigenous Studies (Corrected Version)
Reclaiming Possession: A Critique of the Discourse of Dispossession in Indigenous Studies (Corrected Version) Open
Indigeneities are widely constructed as emanating not only from the experience of dispossession in the historical past, but as ways of being in the world which are grounded positively in dispossession, and which in being so offer themselve…
View article: Constructing Human Versus Non-Human Climate Migration in the Anthropocene: The Case of Migrating Polar Bears in Nunavut, Canada
Constructing Human Versus Non-Human Climate Migration in the Anthropocene: The Case of Migrating Polar Bears in Nunavut, Canada Open
Critical anthropology is currently awash with research aimed at disabling human exceptionalism, alignment with indigenous knowledge, decolonisation of thought, and the taking of the posthuman turn. Meanwhile states with settler colonial hi…
View article: Becoming Indigenous: the ‘speculative turn’ in anthropology and the (re)colonisation of indigeneity
Becoming Indigenous: the ‘speculative turn’ in anthropology and the (re)colonisation of indigeneity Open
The Indigenous have become central to contemporary critical and governmental imaginaries as the West tries to cope with planetary crises imbricated in the legacies of modernity and settler colonialism. As such, Indigenous methods and pract…
View article: Pedagogies of the Poor: Resisting Resilience in Eastern Europe and Beyond
Pedagogies of the Poor: Resisting Resilience in Eastern Europe and Beyond Open
This article illustrates the different ways in which the poor are being put to work, in defence of a global neoliberal order by global economic institutions concerned with constructing them as resilient subjects, as well as by opponents of…
View article: “We the resilient”: colonizing indigeneity in the era of trump
“We the resilient”: colonizing indigeneity in the era of trump Open
This article addresses the functions of resilience in the political struggles of indigenous peoples against colonialism. In particular it analyses the discourse of indigenous resilience, which has grown in the United States, following the …
View article: SPECTRA Interview with Julian Reid
SPECTRA Interview with Julian Reid Open
SPECTRA met with Julian Reid at Virginia Tech on September 12, 2017.During the interview, we talk to Julian about his perspectives on resilience, sovereignty, political theory, academic life, writing, and the arts.
View article: A Political Genealogy of Dance: The Choreographing of Life and Images
A Political Genealogy of Dance: The Choreographing of Life and Images Open
This article provides a genealogical critique of the history and modernity of dance. In doing so it establishes the political importance of dance as an art not principally of the body and its biopolitical capacities for movement, but of im…
View article: ‘Being in Being’: Contesting the Ontopolitics of Indigeneity
‘Being in Being’: Contesting the Ontopolitics of Indigeneity Open
This article critiques the shift towards valorizing indigeneity in western thought and contemporary practice. This shift in approach to indigenous ways of knowing and being, historically derided under conditions of colonialism, is a reflec…
View article: Reclaiming Possession: A Critique of the Discourse of Dispossession in Indigenous Studies
Reclaiming Possession: A Critique of the Discourse of Dispossession in Indigenous Studies Open
Indigeneities are widely constructed as emanating not only from the experience of dispossession in the historical past, but as ways of being in the world which are grounded positively in dispossession, and which in being so offer themselve…
View article: The Universal Adversary: Security, Capital and ‘The Enemies of All Mankind’
The Universal Adversary: Security, Capital and ‘The Enemies of All Mankind’ Open
View article: Exhausted by resilience: response to the commentaries
Exhausted by resilience: response to the commentaries Open
Writing our response to the commentaries featured in this volume proved more difficult than either of us anticipated. Not that we are unappreciative and humbled by the positive reception the book h...