Can the refugee speak? Albert Hirschman and the changing meanings of exile
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3145635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Volker M Heins (0000-0002-8634-6605, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 158 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-57 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513619888666 |
| OpenAlex | W2989122281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article presents a critical reading of Albert O. Hirschman's typology of exit, voice and loyalty as a heuristic for understanding the changing meanings of exile in the 20th and early 21st centuries. It is argued that Hirschman's experiences as well as the theory he distilled from them are highly relevant for researchers of forced migration and exile. After first defending the usefulness of Hirschman's analytical framework for exile and diaspora studies, the article then highlights the need to revise and complicate his approach. Hirschman could not foresee the emerging global possibilities of cultivating 'the art of voice', new forms of internal and self-exile as a result of post-fascist versions of authoritarianism, and the growing difficulties faced by refugees including, refugee scholars and writers, to exit their countries and find a safe haven somewhere else. The gaps in Hirschman's theory are addressed by drawing on insights from the writings of Judith Shklar
Authoritarianism · Diaspora · Epistemology · Loyalty · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Typology · Anthropology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy
Shifting involvements
Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man
Is There an Unqualified Right to Leave?
Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory
Exit, Voice, and the State
Beyond Statist Paradigms
No Friend but the Mountains
University Activities Abroad and Human Rights Violations
Labor on the Fringes of Empire
A thousand plateaus
Exit, Voice, and the Fate of the German Democratic Republic
Extraterritorial authoritarian practices
The decline of the West
Worldly Philosopher
The meaning of exile
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |