Homonationalism

From Critique to Diagnosis, Or, We Are All Homonational Now

Bibliographic Data

ID7097930
AuthorsC Heike Schotten (0000-0002-5236-1137, University of Massachusetts Boston, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume18
Issue3
Pages351-370
Publication date2016-01-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Feminist Journal of Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-6742 • E-ISSN: 1468-4470
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14616742.2015.1103061
OpenAlexW2232775120
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited17

This article tracks Jasbir Puar's term "homonationalism" as its meaning has transformed in her scholarly work as well that of Maya Mikdashi. I argue that homonationalism has evolved from its original formulation as, in part, a critique of politics, into, in its current guise, a diagnostic of international political relations. Although this transition offers insight into the international scene, I argue that homonationalism also loses its distinctiveness as a political formation in its own right as well as its critical capacity in the process. In particular, I argue that homonationalism becomes incapable of critically evaluating activist strategies, practices and discourses of political resistance

Epistemology · Meaning (existential · Optimal distinctiveness theory · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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