Settler Colonial Sovereignty : Visions of Improvement and Indigenous Erasure

McGill-Queen's University Press

Settler Colonial SovereigntyVisions of Improvement and Indigenous Erasure\nAuthor(s): Liam Midzain-Gobin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780228025498, 978-0228025498\nSynopsis\nKnowledge production in the Anglosphere depends on the erasure of non-Western ways of knowing especially ways of knowing oneself, the lands and waters, and the relationships between these entities. In settler colonial states those in power seldom question this erasure, despite the ongoing presence and power of Indigenous nations.\n\n In this groundbreaking work, Liam Midzain-Gobin illuminates how the logic of improvement animates this epistemological ignorance, both historically and currently. By creating a new world based on settler views, the settler state augments its own power. This way of thinking drives government actions and even influences how settlers and the state imagine what is possible. Examining knowledge.