Empire of the people settler colonialism and the foundations of modern democratic thought /
"Adam Dahl 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 labor. By placing the development of American political thought a...
| Main Author: | Dahl, Adam, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
[2018]
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| Physical Description: |
x, 260 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series: |
American political thought.
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Table of Contents:
- The settler colonial foundations of modern democratic thought
- Federalism and Empire
- From colonial dependence to imperial equality
- The coloniality of constituent power
- Settler Colonialism and Democratic Culture
- Colonial dispossession and the settler social state
- Manifest Destiny and the safety valve of colonization
- Slavery and the empire of free soil
- Unsettling Democracy
- William Apess and the paradox of settler sovereignty
- Decolonizing the democratic tradition.