@krisnelsonMay 20, 2023

I’m seeing “settler colonialism” as a phrase used a lot lately, and I get it but am not sure of its analytic origins nor scope—e.g., how much does its formulation include the racism of American slavery? Is capitalism necessarily part of it, or could the expansionism of communism in some instantiations fit in there too?

In other words, what is included & what is missed by this phrase, which tbf is sounding increasingly rote and rather glib at times in more leftist discourse?

Show threadMichael EkstrandMay 20, 2023
@krisnelson this is a really interesting question and I hope you get an answer. I’m particularly curious about the use of a modifier — what is implicitly signified as non-settler colonialism, and why does the distinction matter? (And what is settler-other things, but I think the non-settler colonialism question is more important.)
Show thread@krisnelson

@mdekstrand I think the phrase is being used in a more expansive sense that it’s original usage, which is something like “colonialism and settler colonialism are premised on exogenous domination, but only setter colonialism seeks to replace the original population of the colonized territory with a new society of settlers (usually from the colonial metropole).” https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199766567/obo-9780199766567-0125.xml

But I’m curious if people are intentionally using it more expansively now.

Settler Colonialism

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