Savages and Citizens: How Indigeneity Shapes the State

by Andrew Canessa and Manuela Lavinas Picq

Although Indigenous peoples are often perceived as standing outside political modernity, Savages and Citizens takes the provocative view that Indigenous people have been fundamental to how contemporary state sovereignty was imagined, theorized, and practiced.

Delving into European political philosophy, comparative politics, and contemporary international law, the book shows how the concept of indigeneity has shaped the development of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816553963
• ISBN13: 9780816553969
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 238 Pages