Anxious Reconciliation(s): unsettling foundations and spatialising history

Bhandar, Brenna

Abstract

In this article I explore the relationship between law, history and reconciliation in the Canadian context. I argue that linear, teleological forms of history are employed by courts to continually reiterate the myth of a legitimate assertion of colonial sovereignty.

Citation

Bhandar, B. (2004). Anxious Reconciliation(s): unsettling foundations and spatialising history. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 22(6), 831-845. https://doi.org/10.1068/d412

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2004
• Deposit Date: Nov 19, 2014
• Journal: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
• Print ISSN: 0263-7758
• Electronic ISSN: 1472-3433
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 831-845
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/d412