The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and Exclusion in Africa and Europe
The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and Exclusion in Africa and Europe
复制标题
归属的危险：非洲和欧洲的本土、公民身份和排斥
DOI：
10.7208/chicago/9780226289663.001.0001
复制
发表时间：
2009
期刊：
影响因子：
0.6
通讯作者：
P. Geschiere
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
P. Geschiere
尽管人们被告知我们现在生活在一个国际化的世界，但越来越多的人开始以深深植根于当地的方式维护自己的身份。这些所谓的“土生土长”（autochthony）--意思是“生于土壤”--试图建立一种无可辩驳的、原始的归属权，并经常被用于政治上的排斥外来者的企图。在《归属的危险》一书中，Peter Geschiere追溯了古典时期的本土概念，并在两个截然不同的背景下深刻地探讨了这一概念：喀麦隆和荷兰。在这两个国家，冷战结束后的重大经济和政治变化加剧了对移徙问题的焦虑。对比利时人来说，谁属于哪里的问题在不同部落之间的政治斗争中占据了突出地位，而荷兰人则在关于移民融合的激烈辩论中援引了本土主义。这种迷人的比较视角使Geschiere能够审视autochthony的情感吸引力-以及其可疑的历史基础-并阐明一系列重要问题，如多元文化主义，国家公民身份和移民。
Despite being told that we now live in a cosmopolitan world, more and more people have begun to assert their identities in ways that are deeply rooted in the local. These claims of autochthony - meaning 'born from the soil' - seek to establish an irrefutable, primordial right to belong and are often employed in politically charged attempts to exclude outsiders. In "The Perils of Belonging", Peter Geschiere traces the concept of autochthony back to the classical period and incisively explores the idea in two very different contexts: Cameroon and the Netherlands. In both countries, the momentous economic and political changes following the end of the cold war fostered anxiety over migration. For Cameroonians, the question of who belongs where rises to the fore in political struggles between different tribes, while the Dutch invoke autochthony in fierce debates over the integration of immigrants. This fascinating comparative perspective allows Geschiere to examine the emotional appeal of autochthony - as well as its dubious historical basis - and to shed light on a range of important issues, such as multiculturalism, national citizenship, and migration.