Patriotism in settler-colonial states

Patriotism in settler-colonial states has been critiqued and deconstructed. It is inherently reactionary and historical denialist.^[1]

Settler-colonialism is an ongoing system of power that perpetuates the genocide and repression of indigenous peoples and cultures. Essentially hegemonic in scope, settler colonialism normalizes the continuous settler occupation, exploiting lands and resources to which indigenous peoples have genealogical relationships. Settler colonialism includes interlocking forms of oppression, including racism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and capitalism.^[2] Examples of settler-colonial states include the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel.^[3]

Historical denialism is a necessary attribute of settler-colonial societies. In order for the settler colony to establish a collective usable past, legitimating stories must be created and persistently affirmed as a means of naturalizing a misleading historical narrative.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Hixson, Walter L. (2013-12-05). American Settler Colonialism: A History (1st ed.). New York: Springer. pp. 8, 11, 12, 62. ISBN 978-1-137-37426-4. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023. Historical distortion and denial are endemic to settler colonies. In order for the settler colony to establish a collective usable past, legitimating stories must be created and persistently affirmed as a means of naturalizing a new historical narrative. A national mythology displaces the indigenous past...Becoming the indigene required not only cleansing of the land, either through killing or removing, but sanitizing the historical record as well.
^ Cox, Alicia (2017-07-26), "Settler Colonialism", Literary and Critical Theory, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/obo/9780190221911-0029, ISBN 978-0-19-022191-1, retrieved 2024-11-10
^ Certo, Peter (2024-09-04). "WEOG: The UN's Settler-Colonial Bloc". Foreign Policy In Focus. Retrieved 2024-11-10.

[:0-1] Hixson, Walter L. (2013-12-05). American Settler Colonialism: A History (1st ed.). New York: Springer. pp. 8, 11, 12, 62. ISBN 978-1-137-37426-4. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023. Historical distortion and denial are endemic to settler colonies. In order for the settler colony to establish a collective usable past, legitimating stories must be created and persistently affirmed as a means of naturalizing a new historical narrative. A national mythology displaces the indigenous past...Becoming the indigene required not only cleansing of the land, either through killing or removing, but sanitizing the historical record as well.

[2] Cox, Alicia (2017-07-26), "Settler Colonialism", Literary and Critical Theory, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/obo/9780190221911-0029, ISBN 978-0-19-022191-1, retrieved 2024-11-10

[3] Certo, Peter (2024-09-04). "WEOG: The UN's Settler-Colonial Bloc". Foreign Policy In Focus. Retrieved 2024-11-10.

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