Silencing the past: power and the production of history
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TL;DR: In this article, the emphasis shifts from fixed forms of sovereignty and its denials to gradated forms of sovereignity and what has long marked the technologies of imperial rule: sliding and contested scales of differential rights.
Abstract: In this article, I look at “imperial formations” rather than at empire per se to register the ongoing quality of processes of decimation, displacement, and reclamation. Imperial formations are relations of force, harboring political forms that endure beyond the formal exclusions that legislate against equal opportunity, commensurate dignities, and equal rights. Working with the concept of imperial formation, rather than empire per se, the emphasis shifts from fixed forms of sovereignty and its denials to gradated forms of sovereignty and what has long marked the technologies of imperial rule—sliding and contested scales of differential rights. Imperial formations are defined by racialized relations of allocations and appropriations. Unlike empires, they are processes of becoming, not fixed things. Not least they are states of deferral that mete out promissory notes that are not exceptions to their operation but constitutive of them: imperial guardianship, trusteeships, delayed autonomy, temporary intervention, conditional tutelage, military takeover in the name of humanitarian works, violent intervention in the name of human rights, and security measures in the name of peace.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the history of the modern state and its role in the development of modern society. But they do not address its relationship with the modern economy.
Abstract: List Of Illustrations.List Of Tables And Maps.Series Editor's Preface.Acknowledgements.Introduction.The Organization Of The Book.Problem One: 'Prime Movers' And The Economic Factor.Problem Two: Global History And Post-Modernism.Problem Three: The Continuing 'Riddle Of The Modern'.Conforming To Standards In Bodily Practice.Building Out From The Body: Communications And Complexity.Afterword.Part I: The End of The Old Regime:.1. Old Regimes And 'Archaic Globalisation':.Peasants And Lords.The Politics Of Difference.Powers On The Fringes Of States.Harbingers Of New Political Formations.The Pre-History Of 'Globalisation'.'Archaic' And Early Modern Globalisation.Prospect.2. Passages From The Old Regimes To Modernity:.The 'Last Great Domestication' And 'Industrious Revolutions'.New Patterns Of Afro-Asian Material Culture, Production And Trade.The Internal And External Limits Of Afro-Asian 'Industrious Revolutions.'.Trade, Finance And Innovation: European Competitive Advantages.The Activist, Patriotic State Evolves.Critical Publics.The Development Of Asian And African Ecumenes.Conclusion: 'Backwardness', Lags And Conjunctures.3. Convergent Revolutions, 1780-1820:.Contemporaries Ponder The World Crisis.A Summary Anatomy Of The World Crisis, C. 1720-1820.Sapping The Legitimacy Of The State: From France To China.The Ideological Origins Of The Modern State.Nationalities Versus States And Empires.The Third Revolution: Polite And Commercial Peoples Worldwide.Prospect.Part II: The Modern World In Genesis:.4. Between World Revolutions, C. 1815-1860.Assessing The 'Wreck Of Nations'.British Maritime Supremacy, World Trade And Agrarian Recovery.Emigration: A Safety Valve.The Losers In The 'New World Order', C. 1815-65.Problems Of Hybrid Legitimacy - Whose State Was It?.The State Gains Strength - But Not Enough.Wars Of Legitimacy In Asia: A Summary Account.Economic And Ideological Roots Of The Asian Revolutions.The Years Of Hunger And Rebellion In Europe, 1848-51.The American Civil War As A Global Event.Convergence Or Difference?.Reviewing The Argument.5. Industrialisation And The New City:.Historians, Industrialisation And Cities.The Progress Of Industrialisation.Cities As Centres Of Production And Consumption.The Urban Impact Of The Global Crisis, 1780-1820.Race And Class In The New City.Working Class Politics.World-Wide Urban Cultures And Their Critics.Conclusion.6. Nation, Empire And Ethnicity: C. 1860-1900:.'Theories' Of Nationalism.When Was Nationalism?.Whose Nationalism?.Perpetuating Nationalisms: Memories, National Associations And Print.From Community To Nation: The Eurasian Empires.Where We Stand With Nationalism.Peoples Without States Persecution Or Assimilation?.Imperialism And Its History In The Late Nineteenth Century.Dimension Of The 'New Imperialism'.A World Of Nation States?.The Persistence Of Old Patterns Of Globalisation.From Globalisation To Inter-Nationalim.Inter-Nationalism In Action.Conclusion.Part III: State And Society In The Age of Imperialism:.7. Myths And Technologies Of The Modern State.Dimensions Of The Modern State.The State And The Historians.Problems Of Defining The State.The Modern State Takes Root Geographical Dimensions.Claims To Justice And Symbols Of Power.The State's Resources.The State's Obligations To Society.Tools Of The State.State, Economy And Nation.A Balance Sheet: What Had The State Achieved?.8. The Theory And Practice Of Liberalism, Rationalism, Socialism And Science.Contextualising 'Intellectual' History.The Corruption Of The Righteous Republic: A Classic Theme.Righteous Republics World-Wide.The Advent Of Liberalism And The Market: Western Exceptionalism?.Liberalism And Land Reform: Radical Theory And Conservative Practice.Free Trade Or National Political Economy.Representing The Peoples.Secularism And Positivism: Trans-National Affinities.The Reception Of Socialism And Its Local Resonances.Science In Global Context.Professionalisation At World Level.Conclusion.9. Empires Of Religion:.Religion In The Eyes Of Contemporaries.The View Of Recent Historians.The Rise Of New-Style Religion.Modes Of Religious Domination, Their Agents And Their Limitations.Formalising Religious Authority, Creating 'Imperial Religions'.Formalising Doctrines And Rites.The Expansion Of 'Imperial Religions' On Their Inner And Outer Frontiers.Pilrimage And Globalisation.Printing And The Propagation Of Religion.Religious Building.Religion And The Nation.Conclusion: The Spirits Of The Age.10. The World Of The Arts And The Imagination:.Arts And Politics.Hybridity And Uniformity In Art Across The Globe.Levelling Forces: The Market, The Everyday And The Museum.The Arts Of The Emerging Nation And Empire 1760-1850.Arts And The People 1850-1914.Outside The West: Adaptation And Dependency.Architecture: A Mirror Of The City.Towards World Literature.Conclusion: Arts And Societies.Prospect.Part IV: Change, Decay And Crisis:.11. The Reconstitution Of Social Hierarchies:.Change And The Historians.Gender And Subordination In The 'Liberal Age'.Slavery's Indian Summer.The Peasant And Rural Labourer As Bond Serf.The Peasant That 'Got Away'.Why Rural Subordination Survived.The Transformation Of 'Gentries'.Challenges To The Gentry.Routes To Survival: State Service And Commerce.Men Of 'Fewer Board Acres' In Europe.Surviving Supremacies.Continuity Or Change?.12. The Destruction Of 'Native Peoples' And Ecological Depredation:.What Is Meant By Native Peoples?.Europeans And Native Peoples Before C. 1820.Native Peoples In The Age Of Hiatus?.The White Deluge 1840-1890.The Deluge In Practice: New Zealand, South Africa And The U.S.A.Ruling Savage Natures: Recovery And Marginalisation.13. Conclusion: The Great Acceleration: C.1890-1914:.Predicting 'Things To Come'.The Agricultural Depression, Inter-Nationalism And The New Imperialism.The Strange Death Of Inter-National Liberalism.Summing Up: Globalisation And Crisis 1780-1914.Global Interconnections 1780-1914.What Were The Motors Of Change?.Power In Global And Inter-National Networks.Contested Uniformity And Universal Complexity Revisited.August 1914.Notes.Bibliography.Index.
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TL;DR: The notion of cosmopolitanism is not easily aligned to either side of globalization, although the term implies a global project as discussed by the authors, but it is used as a counter to globalization from below.
Abstract: How shall cosmopolitanism be conceived in relation to globalization, capitalism, and modernity? The geopolitical imaginary nourished by the term and processes of globalization lays claim to the homogeneity of the planet from above--economically, politically, and culturally. The term cosmopolitanism is, instead, used as a counter to globalization, although not necessarily in the sense of globalization from below. Globalization from below invokes, rather, the reactions to globalization from those populations and geohistorical areas of the planet that suffer the consequences of the global economy. There are, then, local histories that plan and project global designs and others that have to live with them. Cosmopolitanism is not easily aligned to either side of globalization, although the term implies a global project. How shall we understand cosmopolitanism in relation to these alternatives?
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TL;DR: This paper explored the link between violence and public discourse and found that differential public visibility, resonance, and legitimacy of right-wing violence significantly affected the rate of violence against different target groups.
Abstract: This article explores the link between violence and public discourse. It suggests that media attention to radical right violence and public reactions to violence affect the clustering of targets and the temporal and spatial distribution of violence. The notion of “discursive opportunities” is introduced, and the article argues that it can serve to link political opportunity structure and framing perspectives on collective action. Using a cross‐sectional and time‐series design to model event counts in states in Germany, this study finds that differential public visibility, resonance, and legitimacy of right‐wing violence significantly affected the rate of violence against different target groups.
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TL;DR: The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date as discussed by the authors, and the accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources.
Abstract: The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material.
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01 Jan 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the history of the modern state and its role in the development of modern society. But they do not address its relationship with the modern economy.
Abstract: List Of Illustrations.List Of Tables And Maps.Series Editor's Preface.Acknowledgements.Introduction.The Organization Of The Book.Problem One: 'Prime Movers' And The Economic Factor.Problem Two: Global History And Post-Modernism.Problem Three: The Continuing 'Riddle Of The Modern'.Conforming To Standards In Bodily Practice.Building Out From The Body: Communications And Complexity.Afterword.Part I: The End of The Old Regime:.1. Old Regimes And 'Archaic Globalisation':.Peasants And Lords.The Politics Of Difference.Powers On The Fringes Of States.Harbingers Of New Political Formations.The Pre-History Of 'Globalisation'.'Archaic' And Early Modern Globalisation.Prospect.2. Passages From The Old Regimes To Modernity:.The 'Last Great Domestication' And 'Industrious Revolutions'.New Patterns Of Afro-Asian Material Culture, Production And Trade.The Internal And External Limits Of Afro-Asian 'Industrious Revolutions.'.Trade, Finance And Innovation: European Competitive Advantages.The Activist, Patriotic State Evolves.Critical Publics.The Development Of Asian And African Ecumenes.Conclusion: 'Backwardness', Lags And Conjunctures.3. Convergent Revolutions, 1780-1820:.Contemporaries Ponder The World Crisis.A Summary Anatomy Of The World Crisis, C. 1720-1820.Sapping The Legitimacy Of The State: From France To China.The Ideological Origins Of The Modern State.Nationalities Versus States And Empires.The Third Revolution: Polite And Commercial Peoples Worldwide.Prospect.Part II: The Modern World In Genesis:.4. Between World Revolutions, C. 1815-1860.Assessing The 'Wreck Of Nations'.British Maritime Supremacy, World Trade And Agrarian Recovery.Emigration: A Safety Valve.The Losers In The 'New World Order', C. 1815-65.Problems Of Hybrid Legitimacy - Whose State Was It?.The State Gains Strength - But Not Enough.Wars Of Legitimacy In Asia: A Summary Account.Economic And Ideological Roots Of The Asian Revolutions.The Years Of Hunger And Rebellion In Europe, 1848-51.The American Civil War As A Global Event.Convergence Or Difference?.Reviewing The Argument.5. Industrialisation And The New City:.Historians, Industrialisation And Cities.The Progress Of Industrialisation.Cities As Centres Of Production And Consumption.The Urban Impact Of The Global Crisis, 1780-1820.Race And Class In The New City.Working Class Politics.World-Wide Urban Cultures And Their Critics.Conclusion.6. Nation, Empire And Ethnicity: C. 1860-1900:.'Theories' Of Nationalism.When Was Nationalism?.Whose Nationalism?.Perpetuating Nationalisms: Memories, National Associations And Print.From Community To Nation: The Eurasian Empires.Where We Stand With Nationalism.Peoples Without States Persecution Or Assimilation?.Imperialism And Its History In The Late Nineteenth Century.Dimension Of The 'New Imperialism'.A World Of Nation States?.The Persistence Of Old Patterns Of Globalisation.From Globalisation To Inter-Nationalim.Inter-Nationalism In Action.Conclusion.Part III: State And Society In The Age of Imperialism:.7. Myths And Technologies Of The Modern State.Dimensions Of The Modern State.The State And The Historians.Problems Of Defining The State.The Modern State Takes Root Geographical Dimensions.Claims To Justice And Symbols Of Power.The State's Resources.The State's Obligations To Society.Tools Of The State.State, Economy And Nation.A Balance Sheet: What Had The State Achieved?.8. The Theory And Practice Of Liberalism, Rationalism, Socialism And Science.Contextualising 'Intellectual' History.The Corruption Of The Righteous Republic: A Classic Theme.Righteous Republics World-Wide.The Advent Of Liberalism And The Market: Western Exceptionalism?.Liberalism And Land Reform: Radical Theory And Conservative Practice.Free Trade Or National Political Economy.Representing The Peoples.Secularism And Positivism: Trans-National Affinities.The Reception Of Socialism And Its Local Resonances.Science In Global Context.Professionalisation At World Level.Conclusion.9. Empires Of Religion:.Religion In The Eyes Of Contemporaries.The View Of Recent Historians.The Rise Of New-Style Religion.Modes Of Religious Domination, Their Agents And Their Limitations.Formalising Religious Authority, Creating 'Imperial Religions'.Formalising Doctrines And Rites.The Expansion Of 'Imperial Religions' On Their Inner And Outer Frontiers.Pilrimage And Globalisation.Printing And The Propagation Of Religion.Religious Building.Religion And The Nation.Conclusion: The Spirits Of The Age.10. The World Of The Arts And The Imagination:.Arts And Politics.Hybridity And Uniformity In Art Across The Globe.Levelling Forces: The Market, The Everyday And The Museum.The Arts Of The Emerging Nation And Empire 1760-1850.Arts And The People 1850-1914.Outside The West: Adaptation And Dependency.Architecture: A Mirror Of The City.Towards World Literature.Conclusion: Arts And Societies.Prospect.Part IV: Change, Decay And Crisis:.11. The Reconstitution Of Social Hierarchies:.Change And The Historians.Gender And Subordination In The 'Liberal Age'.Slavery's Indian Summer.The Peasant And Rural Labourer As Bond Serf.The Peasant That 'Got Away'.Why Rural Subordination Survived.The Transformation Of 'Gentries'.Challenges To The Gentry.Routes To Survival: State Service And Commerce.Men Of 'Fewer Board Acres' In Europe.Surviving Supremacies.Continuity Or Change?.12. The Destruction Of 'Native Peoples' And Ecological Depredation:.What Is Meant By Native Peoples?.Europeans And Native Peoples Before C. 1820.Native Peoples In The Age Of Hiatus?.The White Deluge 1840-1890.The Deluge In Practice: New Zealand, South Africa And The U.S.A.Ruling Savage Natures: Recovery And Marginalisation.13. Conclusion: The Great Acceleration: C.1890-1914:.Predicting 'Things To Come'.The Agricultural Depression, Inter-Nationalism And The New Imperialism.The Strange Death Of Inter-National Liberalism.Summing Up: Globalisation And Crisis 1780-1914.Global Interconnections 1780-1914.What Were The Motors Of Change?.Power In Global And Inter-National Networks.Contested Uniformity And Universal Complexity Revisited.August 1914.Notes.Bibliography.Index.
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TL;DR: The notion of cosmopolitanism is not easily aligned to either side of globalization, although the term implies a global project as discussed by the authors, but it is used as a counter to globalization from below.
Abstract: How shall cosmopolitanism be conceived in relation to globalization, capitalism, and modernity? The geopolitical imaginary nourished by the term and processes of globalization lays claim to the homogeneity of the planet from above--economically, politically, and culturally. The term cosmopolitanism is, instead, used as a counter to globalization, although not necessarily in the sense of globalization from below. Globalization from below invokes, rather, the reactions to globalization from those populations and geohistorical areas of the planet that suffer the consequences of the global economy. There are, then, local histories that plan and project global designs and others that have to live with them. Cosmopolitanism is not easily aligned to either side of globalization, although the term implies a global project. How shall we understand cosmopolitanism in relation to these alternatives?
525 citations
TL;DR: This paper explored the link between violence and public discourse and found that differential public visibility, resonance, and legitimacy of right-wing violence significantly affected the rate of violence against different target groups.
Abstract: This article explores the link between violence and public discourse. It suggests that media attention to radical right violence and public reactions to violence affect the clustering of targets and the temporal and spatial distribution of violence. The notion of “discursive opportunities” is introduced, and the article argues that it can serve to link political opportunity structure and framing perspectives on collective action. Using a cross‐sectional and time‐series design to model event counts in states in Germany, this study finds that differential public visibility, resonance, and legitimacy of right‐wing violence significantly affected the rate of violence against different target groups.
514 citations
TL;DR: For instance, the authors argued that the global and the national are not discrete conditions that mutually exclude each other, but they significantly overlap and interact in ways that distinguish our contemporary moment, and these overlaps and interactions have consequences for the work of theorization and research.
Abstract: he multiple processes that constitute economic globalization inhabit and shape specific structurations of the economic, the political, the cultural, and the subjective. Among the most vital of their effects is the production of new spatialities and temporalities. These belong to both the global and the national, if only to each in part. This “in part” is an especially important qualification, as in my reading the global is itself partial, albeit strategic. The global does not (yet) fully encompass the lived experience of actors or the domain of institutional orders and cultural formations; it persists as a partial condition. This, however, should not suggest that the global and the national are discrete conditions that mutually exclude each other. To the contrary, they significantly overlap and interact in ways that distinguish our contemporary moment. These overlaps and interactions have consequences for the work of theorization and research. Much of social science has operated with the assumption of the nation-state as a container, representing a unified spatiotemporality. Much of history, however, has failed to confirm this assumption. Modern nationstates themselves never achieved spatiotemporal unity, and the global restructurings of today threaten to erode the usefulness of this proposition for what is an expanding arena of sociological reality. The spatiotemporality of the national, upon closer inspection, reveals itself to be composed of multiple spa
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