Ambivalent Dwelling: Heidegger and the Landscapes of Settler Colonialism Restricted; Files Only

Abstract

 In this dissertation, I focus on the question of land while reading Heidegger alongside histories of colonialism, the Indigenous contestations that shape them, and interventions from critical Black studies. I argue that Heidegger’s philosophical project is anchored in a particular imaginary of land—one that is closely allied with colonial and anti-Black violence. Heidegger provides nuanced ontological arguments for the validity—and invalidity—of particular ways of living upon land, arguments that contain a normative idea of what the human is and what kind of life merits protection and preservation. Heidegger allows us to clearly perceive the diversity of violence mobilized through claims that are simultaneously philosophical and territorial, thereby providing insight into how we can respond to the intertwined crises of ecological devastation, anti-Black violence, and colonial occupation.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Introduction: Ambivalent Relationalities                                                                                                              1

 

Chapter One: Settling Heidegger’s Land: Mobility and Rootedness                                                        24

 

Chapter Two: Capacious Wilderness and Other Colonial Fantasies                                                         61

 

Chapter Three: Desert Wastelands and Other Colonial Fantasies                                                             109

 

Chapter Four: “All the Damn Thing,” Insurgent Gestures, and Other Ends                                       152

 

Coda                                                                                                                                                                                    203

 

Bibliography                                                                                                                                                                     207

 

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School	Laney Graduate School
Department	Philosophy
Degree	Ph.D.
Submission	Dissertation
Language	English
Research Field	Philosophy
Palabra Clave	land back land heidegger agriculture dwelling settler colonialim
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	andrew mitchell, Emory University
Committee Members	Axelle Karera, Emory University Dilek Huseyinzadegan, Emory University Robert Nichols, UC-Santa Cruz Paul Guernsey, University of Montana

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