Purtschert, Patricia, Falk, Francesca and Luethi, Barbara (2016). SWITZERLAND AND 'COLONIALISM WITHOUT COLONIES' Reflections on the Status of Colonial Outsiders. Interventions, 18 (2). S. 286 - 303. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1469-929X
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In this essay the theoretical focus of postcolonial theory has been shifted from the cultures and societies of former formal colonies to those countries that have an explicit self-understanding as an outsider within the European colonial power constellation. Using the example of Switzerland, it analyses the presence and perseverance of colonial structures and power relations in a country that has never been regarded as or understood itself as an official colonial power. In a first step, we compare present debates on colonialism in Switzerland with those in neighbouring countries, i.e. France, Germany, Italy and Austria. In a second step, we trace previous research that postulates a link between Switzerland and colonialism, and apply the concept of colonialism without colonies', which, in contrast, engages with methods and themes that have emerged from postcolonial studies. Finally, we present a specific case study on Swiss commodity racism' in order to elucidate the concept colonialism without colonies'.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-281771 | ||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/1369801X.2015.1042395 | ||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Interventions | ||||||||||||||||
| Volume: | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 286 - 303 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date: | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of Publication: | ABINGDON | ||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1469-929X | ||||||||||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||||||||||
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| Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28177 |
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