When the slaves go marching out
Indignatio, Invisible Bodies, and Political Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4524716 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Filippo Del Lucchese (Brunel University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 549-561 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Citizenship Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13621025.2014.923706 |
| OpenAlex | W2117104035 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In January 2010, hundreds of illegal migrants took to the streets of Rosarno in Italy for a violent protest against the acts of racism which they had routinely suffered. A collective subject, considered invisible, dared to revolt. These migrants are an anomaly in the social, legal, and political senses. Their revolt is an example of rebellions who constitute a litmus test for the discourse of citizenship; it reveals itself as a form of political subjectivity and highlights the corporeality of the conflict. Understanding the revolt also troubles the boundary between body discourses and traditional political theory. In this paper, I analyse the revolt through categories of contemporary political theory such as the ‘bare life’ of Giorgio Agamben, and the ‘disagreement’ of Jacques Rancière. I show how these categories only partially help to interpret the phenomenon of this uprising. However, the Spinozist concept of indignatio is a more useful intellectual tool to interpret and understand the phenomenon of the revolt of Rosarno
Citizenship · Epistemology · Litmus · Phenomenon · Political science · Political subjectivity · Politics · Sociology · Subjectivity · Critical Theory and Political Philosophy · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |