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Alternate Call Number
F 141 WHI.S
Summary
This book examines how contemporary relations between indigenous and Western nations are shaped by the dynamics of power, the politics of property, and the apologetics of law.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-254) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Imperialism then and now; 2. Indigenous knowledge, power, and responsibility; 3. Value-neutrality and value-bifurcation: the cultural politics of science; 4. The rhetoric of research justification; 5. Indigenist critiques of biocolonialism; 6. The commodification of knowledge; 7. Intellectual property rights as means and mechanism of imperialism; 8. Transforming sovereignties.