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The central claim developed in this book is that disciplinary International Relations is identifiable as both an advanced colonial practice and a postcolonial subject. The book explores how IR has internalized many of the enabling narratives of colonialism in the Americas, evinced most tellingly in its failure to take notice of indigenous peoples. More fundamentally, IR is read as a knowing hegemonic Western voice that, owing to its universalist pretensions, asserts its knowledge to the exclusion of all others.
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International Relations in Uncommon Places Indigeneity, Cosmology, and the Limits of International Theory
J. Marshall Beier
International Relations in Uncommon Places
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International Relations in Uncommon Places Indigeneity, Cosmology, and the Limits of International Theory J. Marshall Beier
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN UNCOMMON PLACES
© J. Marshall Beier, 2005. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 1–4039–6902–7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beier, J. Marshall. International relations in uncommon places : indigeneity, cosmology, and the limits of international theory / J. Marshall Beier. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–6902–7 1. Indians of North America—Government relations. 2. Indian cosmology—North America. 3. Indians of North America x Politics and government. 4. Hegemony—North America. 5. Cultural relations. 6. International relations. 7. North America—Race relations. 8. North America—Relations. 9. North America—Politics and government. I. Title. E91.B45 2005 323.1197—dc22
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1 Part 1
Responsibility
11
Chapter 1
Revealing the Hegemonologue
13
Chapter 2
Disciplinary International Relations and Its Disciplined Others
53
Ethnography, Ethics, and Advanced Colonialism
73
Chapter 3
Chapter 4 Lakota Lifeways: Continuity and Change in a Colonial Encounter
97
Part 2
129
(Re)Presentation
Chapter 5 Advanced Colonialism and Pop-Culture Treatments of Indigenous North Americans
131
Chapter 6 Travelogues: The Ethnographic Foundations of Orthodox International Theory
155
Chapter 7
181
Emancipatory Violences Part 3
Reflection
213
Chapter 8 Conclusion: Recovering International Relations from Colonial Practice
215
Works Cited
225
Index
243
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Acknowledgments
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considerable debt of gratitude is owed to the many people who have given me their support and encouragement through the course of resear