Living with Ghosts: Legacies of Colonialism and Fascism
Summary
Living with Ghosts: Legacies of Colonialism and Fascism, is a constellation of essays, conversations and images that point to the manner in which the legacies of colonialism and fascism reverberate in our present conjuncture. The impulse for producing this issue was a question of whether it may be possible to trace the connections between the violences of the colonial project through the horrors of fascism to current forms of racism, identitarianism and populism – what we initially called 'an arc' of colonialism-nationalism-fascism.
Description of project
This issue considers the layers of historical conditions that inform states of 'belonging' and 'sovereignty' (even 'citizenry' as a debatable proposition) in Europe. What becomes evident from these various contributions is that there is no sudden or surprising development towards the right – too often expressed an 'inexplicable phenomena' of contemporary society. They instead address it as a slow and steady movement based on historical events and political terms of reference which have remain unresolved and have again returned, this time through the opportunism advanced and fuelled by the structures of capitalism that connect Europe to Russia and America. Each is a case study that recognises the patterns of violence and inequality evident in the political structures of colonialism and fascism.
Type of work
Digital artifacts
Published in
www.internationaleonline.org
Link to web site
https://www.internationaleonline.org/library/#living_with_ghosts_legacies_of_colonialism_and_fascism
Date
2019Creator
Oprea, Corina
Aikens, Nick
Mistry, Jyoti
Keywords
Decolonization
Publication type
artistic work
Language
eng