Disjunctures : Indigenous redirections in political theory / Yann Allard-Tremblay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allard-Tremblay, Yann, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Canada--Politics and government.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Canada--Government relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

'Disjunctures' demonstrates the transformative potential of Indigenous political traditions in settler states that seek reconciliation. Though there exist irreconcilable differences between Indigenous and dominant Euro-modern political structures and identities, Yann Allard-Tremblay argues that these disjunctures highlight a way forward. In contrast to Euro-modern politics, Indigenous ways of thinking and acting politically emphasize harmony, not just among humans but within the broader ecological context. Reconciliation thus requires a deep transformation of political theory and conduct to recenter decolonial Indigenous political traditions.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Explanation of the Cover Image

Introductory Chapter: Reconciliation Duly Considered

I.1 The Politics of Reconciliation

I.2 Differences, Irreconcilability, and Disjunctures

The Eighth Fire

The Two Row Wampum

The Three Paths Prophecy Petroform

Choosing the Disregarded Indigenous Options

I.3 Disjunctures to Be Investigated

I.4 Why This, This Way, and by Me

I.5 A Few Clarifications about Vocabulary

1 Disjunctive Indigenous Resistance: Disclosing an Otherwise, beyond Opposition and Dialectics

1.1 Resistance, Opposition, and Dialectical Change

1.2 Resistance without Confrontation

Disrupting the Reach of Power on the Self

Refusing and Unraveling Authority

Disrupting Power's Rules

Comprehensively Disrupting Power's Ability to Direct Conduct through a Disjunctive Refusal

1.3 Settler Colonialism and Coloniality

1.4 Disjunctive Indigenous Resistance

Transgressing Spatial, Temporal, and Legal Boundaries

Alternative Legality and Sui Generis Authority

Protecting, Not Protesting

Resurgence and Prefiguration

1.5 Conclusion: Disjuncture and Disclosure

2 Indigenous Disruptive Conservatism: Looking Forward to Our Ancestors in Normative Political Theory

2.1 The Situatedness of Normative Theorizing

Eurocentrism, the Destitution of Lifeways, and the Foreclosing of Political Options

The Colonial Trick

The Borderland of Coloniality

Three Options for Political Theorists

2.2 Looking Forward to Our Ancestors: A Synthesis of Situated and Engaged Indigenous Theoretical Practices

Situated and Ethically Committed Theorizing

Looking Forward to Our Ancestors to Ground Theory

Looking Forward to Our Ancestors in Critical Ways

Looking Forward to Our Ancestors for a Better World.

2.3 Indigenous Disruptive Conservatism

Braided and Disjunctive Conservative Methodologies

On Incommensurability

Neither Faith nor Skepticism

3 The Grounds of Gratitude and the Dereliction of Justice

3.1 The Circumstances of Justice

The Standard Account

The Primacy of Justice

Recursive Entitlement

Why This Account of Justice Is Not Excessively Narrow

3.2 The Grounds of Gratitude

The Thanksgiving Address and the Circle of the World

The Dereliction of Justice

3.3 Conclusion

4 The Two Row Wampum: Decolonizing and Indigenizing Democratic Autonomy

4.1 The Treaty at Tawagonshi

4.2 Listening to the Two Row Wampum

4.3 The Domination of Indigenous Peoples

4.4 The Demos Turned Despot

4.5 Indigenizing Democratic Governance

5 Governing Otherwise: From Mastery to Reciprocal Responsiveness

5.1 Indigenous Views about Governance

Indigenous Knowledges, Relationality, and Ecological Contexts

Harmony, Conscience, Right Thinking and the Noncoercive Conduct of Human Conduct

Governance and Reciprocal Responsiveness

5.2 Dominant Approaches to Governance

Justice, the Importance of Its Realization, and Entitlements

Authoritatively Conducting Human Conduct

Governing Autonomously

Nonrelational Governance

5.3 Conclusion: The Ethos of Mastery and the Indigenous Otherwise

6 Reconciliation and Consolation: A Path from Whiteness to Humanity

6.1 Reconciliation in Settler Colonial Contexts

Transformation, Not Merely Change

Structural Injustices, Alienation, and Reconciliation

Transcending Settler and Native Identities

Transformation as Redirection, not as Relinquishment

6.2 Whiteness and Humanity

Settler Colonialism and Race

Whiteness in Indigenous Languages

Whiteness, Relationships, and Humanity

6.3 Shedding Whiteness: A Path to Humanity.

Unmaking the Structures of Whiteness

Begging to be Indigenous

Acting Whiteness Away

Putting Political Identity in Its Place

World-Shattering Transformations and the Need for Consolation

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 4, 2025).

ISBN:

0-19-781161-2

0-19-781162-0

0-19-781160-4

OCLC:

1536515393