Remoteness Reconsidered

The Atacama Desert and International Law

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Much of our understanding of the world is framed from the perspective of a dominant power center, or from standard readings of historical events. The architecture of international information distribution, academic centers, and the lingua franca of international scholarly discourse also shape these stories. Remoteness Reconsidered employs the idea of remoteness as an analytical tool for viewing international law's encounter with the Americas from the unusual, peripheral perspective of the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is one of the most remote places on Earth, although that less-than-accurate perspective comes from standard historical accounts of the region, accounts that originate from the “center.” Changing the usual frame of reference leads to a reconsideration of the idea of remoteness and of the subsequent marginalization of historical narratives that influence hemispheric international relations in important ways today. Lessons about international law's encounters with neoliberalism, indigenous and human rights, and the management and extraction of mineral resources take on new significance by following a spatial turn toward the idea of remoteness as applied to the Atacama Desert.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-07-06
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor302
FörlagThe University of Michigan Press
ISBN9780472132577

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Path of this BookRemoteness Generally ReconsideredElements of RemotenessTemporal Remoteness and the Problem of PeriodizationInternational Law’s Struggle with Remoteness and PeriodizationTwo Current Problems: Globalization and the AnthropoceneGeographic RemotenessTerritorializing RemotenessLines and MapsDoctrinal Remoteness Demarginalizing the Desert ConclusionNomosCarl Schmitt and NomosThe Dynamics of BiogeographySpanish Incursions into the AtacamaGuano and NitratesThe War of the PacificWaterThe Source of the Riparian DisputeA Deep History of TensionPsychological Effects of the War of the Pacific and Goffmanian MetaphorThe Importance of Metaphors and International LawDramaturgyCeremonial Profanations and Legal VandalismThe Evolution of Transboundary Fresh Water LawEvolution of the International Law Defining WatercourseThe Watercourse ConventionA Clash of Interests: Sovereignty versus Watercourse IntegrityThe Doctrine of International ServitudeThe Absolute View: The Harmon DoctrineThe Restrictive Theory of Prior RightsRise of Equitable Use and Mutual Accord: A Community of Interests?ConclusionLithiumCompeting PerspectivesChile’s Economic Transition and ‘Lost Decade’The Chicago BoysBolivia and Dependency Theory: The AntipodeBolivia’s Alternative View of ExtractivismLingering Effects of Bolivia’s Postcolonial EncounterBolivia’s Fitful Relation to NeoliberalismArgentina and NeoliberalismConclusionThe Spatial Turn, Extractivism, and RemotenessBibliographyName Index