Corey Snelgrove
Biographic Data
| ID | 4359387 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Corey Snelgrove |
| GIVEN NAMES | Corey |
| FAMILY NAME | Snelgrove |
| SIGNATURE | SNELGROVE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3171-5511 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Returning to totality: Settler colonialism, decolonization, and struggles for freedom
A unifying feature of the most prominent social movements that emerged in the 2010s is their dissatisfaction with explaining injustices on a case-by-case basis. In Canada, movements against settler colonialism express a similar orientation. This elicits a return of totality thinking, which enables one to grasp the connections between what appears as isolated or fragmented moments that in fact constitute and are constituted by a larger whole. Draw…
Treaty as De-Fetishizing Critique: A Social Theory of Treaty Interpretation
Through a close reading of a 2018 Ontario Superior Court case—Restoule v. Canada—I demonstrate the persistence of the transactional interpretation of treaties, where treaty is understood as a contract of self-dispossession. I argue further that this can be explained through Karl Marx's theory of fetishism. Commodity fetishism provides the social traction for the transactional interpretation of treaties generally, while capital fetishism explains …
Treaty and the Problem of Colonial Reification
Over the last two decades, Canadian political and social thought has experienced a "treaty turn" that calls for non-Indigenous Canadians to remember a forgotten "settler treaty tradition." In this diagnostic essay, I draw out both a conceptual limitation of this turn in its obfuscation of the critical moment in Indigenous treaty visions, and a political limitation of overlooking the social forces that block and might enable the realization of tre…
Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler Relations and Earth Teachings edited by Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully
include some of the responses to Asch, Borrows, and Tully's initial provocations. The collection as a whole will certainly be of note to anyone studying the politics of reconciliation in Canada today
Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics Catherine Lu, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp. 320
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Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism Onur Ulas Ince Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 232
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Treaty as De-Fetishizing Critique: A Social Theory of Treaty Interpretation
Through a close reading of a 2018 Ontario Superior Court case—Restoule v. Canada—I demonstrate the persistence of the transactional interpretation of treaties, where treaty is understood as a contract of self-dispossession. I argue further that this can be explained through Karl Marx's theory of fetishism. Commodity fetishism provides the social traction for the transactional interpretation of treaties generally, while capital fetishism explains …
Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism Onur Ulas Ince Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 232
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics Catherine Lu, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp. 320
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler Relations and Earth Teachings edited by Michael Asch, John Borrows, and James Tully
include some of the responses to Asch, Borrows, and Tully's initial provocations. The collection as a whole will certainly be of note to anyone studying the politics of reconciliation in Canada today
Treaty and the Problem of Colonial Reification
Over the last two decades, Canadian political and social thought has experienced a "treaty turn" that calls for non-Indigenous Canadians to remember a forgotten "settler treaty tradition." In this diagnostic essay, I draw out both a conceptual limitation of this turn in its obfuscation of the critical moment in Indigenous treaty visions, and a political limitation of overlooking the social forces that block and might enable the realization of tre…
Treaty as De-Fetishizing Critique: A Social Theory of Treaty Interpretation
Through a close reading of a 2018 Ontario Superior Court case—Restoule v. Canada—I demonstrate the persistence of the transactional interpretation of treaties, where treaty is understood as a contract of self-dispossession. I argue further that this can be explained through Karl Marx's theory of fetishism. Commodity fetishism provides the social traction for the transactional interpretation of treaties generally, while capital fetishism explains …
Returning to totality: Settler colonialism, decolonization, and struggles for freedom
A unifying feature of the most prominent social movements that emerged in the 2010s is their dissatisfaction with explaining injustices on a case-by-case basis. In Canada, movements against settler colonialism express a similar orientation. This elicits a return of totality thinking, which enables one to grasp the connections between what appears as isolated or fragmented moments that in fact constitute and are constituted by a larger whole. Draw…
Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (3 works)