°Rational-isations #2

February 7, 2006

Indeed. Mirror-constructs such as “the Muslim world” are a convenient fabrication in, and of, a biowar - here and there. And I don’t for a moment regard either fundamentalist clerics or enlightenment missionaries as offering anything other than a pitch for jurisdiction, a claim for representation and hegemony. Which is why the issue of migration gets put into the mix - it’s all about border controls. You can’t make a pitch for jurisdiction if the borders aren’t in force. Party-building, I guess. But a bid for state power, or the consolidation and/or expansion of such, would be a more accurate way of putting it. So, I’ll take my chances with the not-yet counterpartisans, and aim for an exodus - a migration if you will.

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  1. solidarity roundup

    In the spirit of Ken’s populism roundup, a list of contributions to what’s emerging as an ongoing blogversation on solidarity and similar. It’s a little more disparate than the discussion on populism, but worth collecting nonetheless:

    Long Sunday [February 13, 2006 @ 7:40 am]

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