The Settler Colonial Present
The Settler Colonial Present explores the ways in which settler colonialism as a specific mode of domination informs the global present. It presents an argument regarding its extraordinary resilience and diffusion and reflects on the need to imagine its d
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The Settler Colonial Present Lorenzo Veracini Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
© Lorenzo Veracini 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-137-39404-0 ISBN 978-1-137-37247-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-37247-5 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
Contents
Acknowledgements
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Introduction: The Settler Colonial Present
1
1 Settler Colonialism is not Colonialism Colonialism as a viral form Settler colonialism as a bacterial form The interaction of colonialism and settler colonialism
13 16 21 26
2 Settlers are not Migrants Settler colonial formations The settler ‘experience’ Are all nonindigenous people settlers?
32 35 40 44
3 Settler Colonialism is not Somewhere Else Where is settler colonialism? The internationalisation of indigeneity The return of terra nullius
49 51 56 62
4 Settler Colonialism is not Finished Settler colonial narratives Settler colonial reflexes The new indigenisations
68 70 76 88
Conclusion: Transcending the Settler Colonial Present
95
Notes
110
Bibliography
134
Index
154
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Acknowledgements This research was supported by the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Projects funding scheme (project number DP0986984). A five-year fellowship enabled me to pursue without major distractions what I believe was a worthwhile project. I have been lucky and I know it. This book is one of the outcomes of that exte
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