2023/07/01 by Shah Zeb Chaudhary · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Anthropological Studies and Insights #Chinese history and philosophy #Turkey's Politics and Society
paper · doi:10.1177/03058298231198681
openalex publication_date 2023/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Khoja-Moolji’s analysis of sovereignty in a cultural-affective register from a postcolonial perspective contributes to the developing study of the affective economies of sovereignty. This literature has two central concepts that we have to think carefully about: desire and identification. I explore sovereign desires in the context of fantasy and history, and think about identification as connecting sovereigns to citizens. I consider how an emphasis on affect helps us understand how sovereignty becomes worthy of so much affective and political investment.