The Affective Economies of Sovereignty: Desire and Identification
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Published:2023-07
Issue:3
Volume:51
Page:949-959
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ISSN:0305-8298
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Container-title:Millennium: Journal of International Studies
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Millennium: Journal of International Studies
Affiliation:
1. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract
Khoja-Moolji’s analysis of sovereignty in a cultural-affective register from a postcolonial perspective contributes to the developing study of the affective economies of sovereignty. This literature has two central concepts that we have to think carefully about: desire and identification. I explore sovereign desires in the context of fantasy and history, and think about identification as connecting sovereigns to citizens. I consider how an emphasis on affect helps us understand how sovereignty becomes worthy of so much affective and political investment.
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Subject
Political Science and International Relations,Sociology and Political Science