The territory of colonialism. Issue 2 (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kearns, Gerry
• Is Part Of: Territory, politics, governance. Volume 5:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 222
• Page End: 238
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: biopolitics -- boundaries -- Europe -- geopolitics -- political geography -- territory; 生命政治；边界；欧洲；地缘政治；政治地理；领土; biopolitique -- frontières -- Europe -- géopolitique -- géographie politique -- territoire; biopolítica -- fronteras -- Europa -- geopolítica -- geografía política -- territorio; Political science -- Periodicals; Jurisdiction, Territorial -- Periodicals; Territory, National -- Periodicals; Regionalism -- Political aspects -- Periodicals; Political geography -- Periodicals; Geopolitics -- Periodicals; Geopolitics; Political geography; Regionalism -- Political aspects; Territory, National; Periodicals; 327
• DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2016.1266961
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2162-2671

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The territory of colonialism. Territory, Politics, Governance . Stuart Elden writes of territory as a specific form of sovereignty, and has provided its genealogy through a study of European texts. These texts drew upon a Roman legacy and engaged the practical issue of the relations between papal and monarchical powers. This paper argues that colonialism was at least as important a context for the elaboration of territory as a strategy of sovereignty. Furthermore, and as the example of Ireland shows, this colonial practice was not only a matter external to Europe.