Anti-Colonial Solidarity
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-4145-8 (ISBN)
Anti-Colonial Solidarity: Race, Reconciliation, and MENA Liberation confronts the racialization of Middle-Eastern and North African (MENA) perceived peoples from a global perspective. George Fourlas critiques the ways that orientalism, racism, and colonialism cooperatively emerged and afforded the imaginary landscapes of the recently recategorized Middle East. This critique also clarifies possibility, both in a past that has been obscured by the colonial palimpsest, and in the present through exemplary cases of MENA solidarity that act as guideposts for what might be achieved through effective coordination and meaning-making practices. Hence, in confronting the problem of racialization, the author reflects on the conditions of the possibility of a solidarity amongst MENA peoples, and subjugated peoples more generally, that resists the cyclical character of violent domination which has defined colonial power since at least 1492.
Rather than offer a blueprint for a well-ordered free society, however, Anti-Colonial Solidarity explores what is required to enact an open-ended collectivity that resists rigid universalism, as well as reification, and prioritizes reciprocal relations with others and the environment. At once a rejection of orientalist narratives and a critique of solidarity that illuminates defensive possibilities for MENA people beyond the insufficient, yet still necessary, politics of recognition, Anti-Colonial Solidarity is a call to action for MENA people, and subjugated people more generally, to reclaim ourselves and our history from the trappings of colonial domination.
George Fourlas, is the SHIFT Endowed Associate Professor of Applied Ethics at Hampshire College and a visiting faculty member in philosophy and government at Franklin and Marshall College. George’s teaching and research take place at the intersection of social-political theory, applied ethics, critical race theory, conflict resolution, decolonial theory, and global studies. His publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as the International Journal of Transitional Justice, Critical Philosophy of Race, and Philosophy and Social Criticism. He is also a co-editor of the Radical Philosophy Review. When not working the academic grind, George enjoys spending time with his family, being outside, and practicing martial arts. Learn more about Dr. Fourlas from his website: gnfourlas.com
Preface and Acknowledgements
Beginning with Ends
1. The “Unknown” Middle Easterner: Post-Racial Anxieties and Anti-MENA Racism Throughout Colonized Space-Time
2. Changing Lenses: Anti-Racist Posturing Versus Praxis, An Enactivist Critique
3. Calling-In MENA Nationalists: Why Recent Geopolitical Boundaries Fail to Account for MENA Subjectivity
4. Decolonizing the Ancients: Or, The Known West and the Anti-colonial Principle
5. Flip the Script: Myth and Example from the Shores of Shinar
6. Be Ready: Lessons from Cyprus and Rojava
Conclusion: MENA America and the Future
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.09.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Explorations in Contemporary Social-Political Philosophy |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 490 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5381-4145-0 / 1538141450 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-4145-8 / 9781538141458 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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