Democracy and Empire

Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

AvInés Valdez,Maryland) Valdez, Ines (The Johns Hopkins University,Inés

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Democracy and Empire theorizes the material basis of popular sovereignty via the Black radical tradition. Popular sovereignty contains an affective attachment to wealth, secured through collective agreements to dominate others, i.e., self-and-other-determination. Inés Valdez expands on racial capitalism by theorizing its Anglo-European-based popular politics, which authorize capital accumulation enabled by empire and legitimated by racial ideologies. This stunts political projects in the Global South. Valdez masterfully outlines how social reproduction is provided by racialized others who sacrifice families and communities, and how the political alienation from nature in wealthy polities is mediated by technology and enabled by a joint devaluation of nature and manual labor performed by racialized others. The book concludes with a theorization of anti-imperial popular sovereignty based on political relations that encompass nature. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-01-23
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt376 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor252
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009384001

Tillhör följande kategorier

Introduction; 1. Empire, Popular Sovereignty, and the Problem of Self-and-Other-Determination; 2. Socialism and Empire: Labor Mobility, Popular Sovereignty, and the Genesis of Racial Regimes; 3. The Brown Family and Social Reproduction in US Capitalism; 4. Techno-Racism, Manual Labor, and Du Bois's Ecological Critique; 5. Anti-Imperial Popular Sovereignty and the Politics of Transnational Solidarity; 6. Anti-Imperial Popular Sovereignty and the Politics of Transnational Solidarity.

'Inés Valdez's Democracy and Empire is an ambitious and highly original account of the interconnections between imperialism, racism, environmental devastation, and popular sovereignty. Drawing insightfully on the black radical tradition, she offers a powerful challenge to celebratory accounts of democratic politics in the Euro-American world. Spanning political theory, global history, and political economy, this is an important contribution to scholarship on racial capitalism and democracy.' Duncan Bell, Professor of Political Thought and International Relations, University of Cambridge