Towards dialogue on recognition of indigenous difference : discourses of self-determination in democratic theory and indigenous scholarship
This paper argues that conceptual dialogue regarding self-determination between democratic theorists and indigenous scholars is necessary before dialogue between the Canadian state and indigenous communities can be fruitful. This conceptual dialogue is impossible as long as democratic theorists a...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32190 |
| Summary: | This paper argues that conceptual dialogue regarding self-determination between
democratic theorists and indigenous scholars is necessary before dialogue between the
Canadian state and indigenous communities can be fruitful. This conceptual dialogue is
impossible as long as democratic theorists and indigenous scholars essentialize each
other's understandings of the self. Using Charles Taylor's theory of recognition, I argue
that both democratic theorists and indigenous scholars present multiple ways of
conceiving of self-determination and highlight the work of Dale Turner and Hannah
Arendt as most productive for theoretical dialogue that may inform the more pragmatic
dialogues between the Canadian state and indigenous communities. === Arts, Faculty of === Political Science, Department of === Graduate |
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