Settler Colonialism : An Introduction
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| Title: | Settler Colonialism : An Introduction |
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| Description: | From the Palestinian struggle against Israeli Apartheid, to First Nations'mass campaigns against pipeline construction in North America, Indigenous peoples are at the forefront of some of the crucial struggles of our age. Rich with their distinct histories and cultures, they are connected by the shared enemy they face: settler colonialism.In this introduction to the subject, Sai Englert highlights the ways in which settler colonialism has and continues to shape our global economic and political order. From the rapacious accumulation of resources, land, and labour, through Indigenous dispossession and genocide, to the development of racism as a form of social control, settler colonialism is deeply connected to many of today's social ills.To understand settler colonialism as an ongoing process, is therefore also to start engaging with contemporary social movements and solidarity campaigns differently. It is to start seeing how distinct struggles for justice and liberation are intertwined. |
| Authors: | Sai Englert |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Settler colonialism, Indigenous peoples--Social conditions, Indigenous peoples--Government relations, Colonization--History, Colonists, Colonization |
| Categories: | POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | From the Palestinian struggle against Israeli Apartheid, to First Nations'mass campaigns against pipeline construction in North America, Indigenous peoples are at the forefront of some of the crucial struggles of our age. Rich with their distinct histories and cultures, they are connected by the shared enemy they face: settler colonialism.In this introduction to the subject, Sai Englert highlights the ways in which settler colonialism has and continues to shape our global economic and political order. From the rapacious accumulation of resources, land, and labour, through Indigenous dispossession and genocide, to the development of racism as a form of social control, settler colonialism is deeply connected to many of today's social ills.To understand settler colonialism as an ongoing process, is therefore also to start engaging with contemporary social movements and solidarity campaigns differently. It is to start seeing how distinct struggles for justice and liberation are intertwined. |
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| ISBN: | 9780745344904 9780745344973 9780745344980 9780745345000 |
