Book · 2024 · Political Science
On Settler Colonialism
Ideology, Violence, and Justice
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His book is on settler colonialism it is when I said it's a short book it's just over a 100 pages I recommend it.
Why people recommend it
On Settler Colonialism by Adam Kirsch offers a concise and historically grounded examination of the settler colonialism movement. On EconTalk, Russ Roberts recommended the book at the end of the episode, highlighting its brevity at just over one hundred pages. Throughout the interview, Roberts praised Kirsch for maintaining a very calm, measured tone and conducting extensive reading without resorting to shouting, an approach Roberts found deeply refreshing. The discussion turned toward the historical episodes that led to the foundation of nations such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and Israel, with Roberts commending Kirsch for analyzing these complex events thoughtfully. Both Roberts and Kirsch acknowledged that while they shared critical perspectives on the movement, historical societies had long honored settler colonialism in the past. Kirsch's book served as the focal point for a broader conversation about how modern ideological movements interpret historical state-building. By emphasizing the author's intellectual rigor and absence of polemical rhetoric, Roberts encouraged his audience to engage with the text to better understand the nuances and historical contexts surrounding contemporary debates over colonialism, national identity, and the founding of modern democratic societies.
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Russ Roberts his book is on settler colonialism it is when I said it's a short book it's just over a 100 pages I recomme… 4
“what I like about Adam's book is it it's it's very calm I'll just say he does not uh he appears to have done a great deal of reading uh he doesn't do any yelling there's no yelling in the book which I really appreciate”
“as you point out in the book I think very thoughtfully uh many of these historical episodes that led to the creation of the United States Canada Australia Israel”
“and we also have to acknowledge I think Adam you you and I to the extent that we are critical of this movement there was a long time where people honored that settler colonialism in the past”
“his book is on settler colonialism it is when I said it's a short book it's just over a 100 pages I recommend it”
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Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“his latest book published this year and our topic for today on settler colonialism ideology violence and Justice”
“one of the things I say in the book is that it's it's sort of uh significant that when activists and theorist talk about”
“I get into this a little bit towards the end of the book of saying we are we've inherited this sinful past and we sort of want to atone for it and redeem it”
“one of the things I get into in the book is that people who are actual historians of Native America uh you know who speak the languages and have have studied the the records and the the arch and the you know whatever there is to study are have very mixed feelings about the idea of settler colonialism”
“I say um in the book that it's a there's an odd similarity with um Evangelical Christianity”
“I quote in the in the book people writing about how Canadians introducing themselves even personally as settlers in in real life”