Introduction: historical geographies of internationalism
This introduction to a special issue on historical geographies of internationalism begins by situating the essays that follow in relation to the on-going refugee crisis in Europe and beyond. This crisis has revealed, once again, both the challenges and the potential of internationalism as a form of...
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| description | This introduction to a special issue on historical geographies of internationalism begins by situating the essays that follow in relation to the on-going refugee crisis in Europe and beyond. This crisis has revealed, once again, both the challenges and the potential of internationalism as a form of political consciousness and the international as a scale of political action. Recent work has sought to re-conceptualise internationalism as the most urgent scale at which governance, political activity and resistance must operate when confronting the larger environmental, economic, and strategic challenges of the twenty-first century. Although geographers have only made a modest contribution to this work, we argue that they have a significant role to play. The essays in this special issue suggest several ways in which a geographical perspective can contribute to rethinking the international: by examining spaces and sites not previously considered in internationalist histories; by considering the relationship between the abstractions of internationalism and the geographical and historical specificities of its performance; and by analysing the interlocking of internationalism with other political projects. We identify, towards the end of this essay, seven ways that internationalism might be reconsidered geographically in future research through; its spatialities and temporalities; the role of newly independent states; science and research; identity politics; and with reference to its performative and visual dimensions. |
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| spelling | nottingham-342752020-05-04T20:06:26Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34275/ Introduction: historical geographies of internationalism Hodder, Jake Legg, Stephen Heffernan, Mike This introduction to a special issue on historical geographies of internationalism begins by situating the essays that follow in relation to the on-going refugee crisis in Europe and beyond. This crisis has revealed, once again, both the challenges and the potential of internationalism as a form of political consciousness and the international as a scale of political action. Recent work has sought to re-conceptualise internationalism as the most urgent scale at which governance, political activity and resistance must operate when confronting the larger environmental, economic, and strategic challenges of the twenty-first century. Although geographers have only made a modest contribution to this work, we argue that they have a significant role to play. The essays in this special issue suggest several ways in which a geographical perspective can contribute to rethinking the international: by examining spaces and sites not previously considered in internationalist histories; by considering the relationship between the abstractions of internationalism and the geographical and historical specificities of its performance; and by analysing the interlocking of internationalism with other political projects. We identify, towards the end of this essay, seven ways that internationalism might be reconsidered geographically in future research through; its spatialities and temporalities; the role of newly independent states; science and research; identity politics; and with reference to its performative and visual dimensions. Elsevier 2015-11 Article PeerReviewed Hodder, Jake, Legg, Stephen and Heffernan, Mike (2015) Introduction: historical geographies of internationalism. Political Geography, 49 . pp. 1-6. ISSN 0962-6298 Historical geography; Internationalism http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629815000785 doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2015.09.005 doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2015.09.005 |
| spellingShingle | Historical geography; Internationalism Hodder, Jake Legg, Stephen Heffernan, Mike Introduction: historical geographies of internationalism |
| title | Introduction: historical geographies of internationalism |
| title_full | Introduction: historical geographies of internationalism |
| title_fullStr | Introduction: historical geographies of internationalism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Introduction: historical geographies of internationalism |
| title_short | Introduction: historical geographies of internationalism |
| title_sort | introduction: historical geographies of internationalism |
| topic | Historical geography; Internationalism |
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