Forgetting ourselves : secession and the (im)possibility of territorial identity
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Forgetting ourselves : secession and the (im)possibility of territorial identity
（Innovations in the study of world politics）
Lexington Books, c2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-174) and index
Contents of Works
- If at first you don't secede : international relations theory and its shortcomings
- Why the patient cannot be cured
- States taking place : history and the territorialization of politics
- Begging to differ : patriots, nationalists, and minorities
- Secessionist performances, narrating otherness
- Inconclusion : forgetting and the theory and practice of the self
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Secession is one of the richest veins yet to be mined in international relations. The unexplored concept of secession implicates a host of historical accomplices related to the development of industrial modernity and considerable changes in the nature of sovereignty and the state. By historicizing secession it becomes possible not only to explain the historical transformations that have led to the theoretical impasse on secession but to better articulate the possibilities for current transformative interactions. In Forgetting Ourselves, Linda Bishai thoroughly examines why secession has been ignored by international relations both in theory and practice. Mainstream perspectives in international relations theory have, up to this point, questioned neither state formation nor the inside/outside divide of state sovereignty. Bishai, however, historicizes and questions the concept of secession itself, and the component assumptions of territoriality and identity upon which it rests. Forgetting Ourselves places secession in its proper historical context as something possible only in the modern era and only perceived as a global threat within the last century. Bishai argues that understanding the historic contingency of secessionist conflict allows us to contemplate an alternative vision of international relations in which the violence associated with controlling territory is no longer necessary for validating political identities.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 If at First You Don't Secede: International Relations Theory and Its Shortcomings Chapter 2 Why the Patient Cannot be Cured Chapter 3 States Taking Place: History and the Territorialization of Politics Chapter 4 Begging to Differ: Patriots, Nationalists, Minorities Chapter 5 Secessionist Performances, Narrating Otherness Chapter 6 InConclusion: Forgetting and the Theory & Practice of the Self
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