Sovereignty and Subjectivity

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This provocative analysis of notions of subject and identity in international relations goes beyond discussions of identity politics to argue that sovereignty and subjectivity implicate each other, together constituting the political. The authors consider how specific pictures of the subject and of political space still capture our desires; they also examine the links those pictures have with power, the state, and the status quo. Their juxtaposition of theoretical analyses, empirical studies, and personal ...
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This provocative analysis of notions of subject and identity in international relations goes beyond discussions of identity politics to argue that sovereignty and subjectivity implicate each other, together constituting the political. The authors consider how specific pictures of the subject and of political space still capture our desires; they also examine the links those pictures have with power, the state, and the status quo. Their juxtaposition of theoretical analyses, empirical studies, and personal accounts provides a challenging exploration of the political impact of identity as produced through practice, the legacy of modernity, and the intimate but often invisible relationship of self to other.
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Comprises 11 contributions that explore issues such as popular and state sovereignty, the social contract, individual liberty, and absolute authority. Individual topics include: masquerading and the US "intervasion" of Haiti; spatial regulation of British emigration to Argentina; Gypsy identity and political theory; and hierarchies of suffering in the promised land. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 The Subject of the Political 1
Pt. 1 Identity: Performativity and Power
2 Violence, Justice, and Identity in the Bosnian Conflict 21
3 Masquerading and the U.S. "Intervasion" of Haiti 39
4 Fear and Desire in Anglo-American Fantasies of Asian Sexuality 57
Pt. 2 The Terra of Modernity: Loss and Recovery
5 Spatial Regulation of British Emigration to Argentina 71
6 The Fate of Subjectivity in the New World Disorder 89
7 Hybridization: The Im/Purity of the Political 99
Pt. 3 Self and Other: Reflections and Reformulations
8 The Sovereign and the Stranger 117
9 Gypsy Identity and Political Theory 141
10 Hierarchies of Suffering in the Promised Land 153
Pt. 4 Conclusion
11 Coda: Sovereignty, Subjectivity, Strategy 163
Selected Bibliography 177
The Contributors 187
Index 189
About the Book 197
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