The first volume of the Xenocracy Working Papers has been published
In this volume, edited by Ulrike Ludwig and Frederik Schulze, the authors examine how ‘the Other’ is constructed and what function this attribution plays within structures of power. This volume contrasts mainstream approaches in postcolonial studies with the concept of ‘xenocracy’. At its heart is the thesis that perceptions of the ‘other’ in the pre-modern era were less homogeneous and more strongly shaped by local contexts than in the modern era. The four contributions (on Greco-Roman and Coptic Egypt, Swedish Pomerania and Madras) analyse how perceptions of the ‘other’ were generated locally and what role these fluid distinctions played in administrative practice. Case studies are used to illustrate the variability of these constructions.
The Xenokratie Working Papers on the University of Münster’s miami publication server