Empire of the People: Settler Colonialism and the Foundations of Modern Democratic Thought

ISBN-13: 9780700626069 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 272 str.

Adam Dahl

Opis

Examines the ideological development of American democratic thought in the context of settler colonialism, a distinct form of colonialism aimed at the appropriation of Native land rather than the exploitation of Native labour. In its focus on the disavowal of Native dispossession in democratic thought, the book provides a new perspective on the problematic relationship between race and democracy.

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: The Settler Colonial Foundations of Modern Democratic Thought
• Part One: Federalism and Empire
• 1. From Colonial Dependence to Imperial Equality
• 2. The Coloniality of Constituent Power
• Part Two: Settler Colonialism and Democratic Culture
• 3. Colonial Dispossession and the Settler Social State
• 4. Manifest Destiny and the Safety Valve of Colonization
• 5. Slavery and the Empire of Free Soil
• Part Three: Unsettling Democracy
• 6. William Apess and the Paradox of Settler Sovereignty
• Afterword: Decolonizing the Democratic Tradition
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index