The right to the future and chrono-logics otherwise: Resisting governmentality’s temporal conduct

This paper attends to differing praxes of futurity circulating in Colombia, both in dominant and subaltern forms. It first considers temporality as an apparatus of governmentality, <em>raison d’état</em>, and settler colonial logics of violence deployed in the servic...

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Main Author:	Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2020-12-01
Series:	Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Subjects:	futurity governmentality human rights liberalism temporality futuridad gobernabilidad derechos humanos liberalismo temporalidad
Online Access:	http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1059

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spelling	doaj-13f98bb33d284c5bae654b7e66687d802020-12-21T15:40:34ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712020-12-0110612891316893The right to the future and chrono-logics otherwise: Resisting governmentality’s temporal conductHeidi Andrea Restrepo RhodesThis paper attends to differing praxes of futurity circulating in Colombia, both in dominant and subaltern forms. It first considers temporality as an apparatus of governmentality, <em>raison d’état</em>, and settler colonial logics of violence deployed in the service of late liberalism, capitalist endeavor, and the so-called “peace dividend.” In contrast, it elaborates two distinct rights claims that counter official state claims on the future: the principle of the right to a distinct vision of the future in Colombia’s black Pacific social movement; and the legal claim of the right of future generations in a historic 2018 lawsuit brought against the government by several youth from diverse regions across the country. These claims pose what I name as a “chrono-logics” otherwise – temporal alterities that refuse the logics of settler colonial temporality and insist on an ecology of relations that pursue the survival and flourishing of diverse lifeworlds and futures.<br /><br /> Este artículo se ocupa de diferentes praxis de futuridad que circulan en Colombia, tanto en formas dominantes como subalternas. En primer lugar, toma en consideración la temporalidad como un aparato de la gubernamentalidad, la razón de Estado, y las lógicas de violencia del colonialismo que se despliegan al servicio del liberalismo tardío, el empeño capitalista y el así denominado “dividendo de la paz”. Elaboramos dos reivindicaciones de derechos que contradicen las proclamas estatales oficiales sobre el futuro: el principio del derecho a una visión distinta del futuro en el movimiento social negro pacífico de Colombia; y la pretensión jurídica del derecho de las generaciones venideras en una demanda judicial histórica de 2018 que interpusieron jóvenes de diversas regiones del país contra el gobierno. Estas reivindicaciones plantean lo que denomino una “crono-logía” de otra manera – alteridades temporales que rechazan la lógica de la temporalidad colonialista y que insisten en una ecología de relaciones que persiguen la supervivencia y el florecimiento de diversos mundos y futuros.<br /><strong><br /> Available from: </strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1051" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1051</a>http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1059futuritygovernmentalityhuman rightsliberalismtemporalityfuturidadgobernabilidadderechos humanosliberalismotemporalidad
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title	The right to the future and chrono-logics otherwise: Resisting governmentality’s temporal conduct
title_short	The right to the future and chrono-logics otherwise: Resisting governmentality’s temporal conduct
title_full	The right to the future and chrono-logics otherwise: Resisting governmentality’s temporal conduct
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title_full_unstemmed	The right to the future and chrono-logics otherwise: Resisting governmentality’s temporal conduct
title_sort	right to the future and chrono-logics otherwise: resisting governmentality’s temporal conduct
publisher	Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
series	Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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description	This paper attends to differing praxes of futurity circulating in Colombia, both in dominant and subaltern forms. It first considers temporality as an apparatus of governmentality, <em>raison d’état</em>, and settler colonial logics of violence deployed in the service of late liberalism, capitalist endeavor, and the so-called “peace dividend.” In contrast, it elaborates two distinct rights claims that counter official state claims on the future: the principle of the right to a distinct vision of the future in Colombia’s black Pacific social movement; and the legal claim of the right of future generations in a historic 2018 lawsuit brought against the government by several youth from diverse regions across the country. These claims pose what I name as a “chrono-logics” otherwise – temporal alterities that refuse the logics of settler colonial temporality and insist on an ecology of relations that pursue the survival and flourishing of diverse lifeworlds and futures.<br /><br /> Este artículo se ocupa de diferentes praxis de futuridad que circulan en Colombia, tanto en formas dominantes como subalternas. En primer lugar, toma en consideración la temporalidad como un aparato de la gubernamentalidad, la razón de Estado, y las lógicas de violencia del colonialismo que se despliegan al servicio del liberalismo tardío, el empeño capitalista y el así denominado “dividendo de la paz”. Elaboramos dos reivindicaciones de derechos que contradicen las proclamas estatales oficiales sobre el futuro: el principio del derecho a una visión distinta del futuro en el movimiento social negro pacífico de Colombia; y la pretensión jurídica del derecho de las generaciones venideras en una demanda judicial histórica de 2018 que interpusieron jóvenes de diversas regiones del país contra el gobierno. Estas reivindicaciones plantean lo que denomino una “crono-logía” de otra manera – alteridades temporales que rechazan la lógica de la temporalidad colonialista y que insisten en una ecología de relaciones que persiguen la supervivencia y el florecimiento de diversos mundos y futuros.<br /><strong><br /> Available from: </strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1051" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1051</a>
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The right to the future and chrono-logics otherwise: Resisting governmentality’s temporal conduct

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