On the relationship between vulnerability and sovereignty in Québécois settler self-determination and the shift to a relational conception of the self as treaty partner

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorMichaud-Ouellet, Joëlle Alice
dc.contributor.supervisorAsch, Michael
dc.contributor.supervisorTully, James
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-29T22:56:34Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_US
dc.date.issued2019-04-29
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Science
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe dissertation studies the relationship between Québécois and Indigenous peoples with regards to two different approaches to self-determination. It offers a critique of sovereignty-based self-determination in the form of the nation-state – a hegemonic model throughout the world and within Québécois political imagination – by shining light on the co-constitutive relationship between vulnerability and sovereignty, tracing the origins of their conceptual association in the work of Hobbes. The dissertation argues that, comparatively, by asserting the priority of relationality over individuality, the work of Marcel Mauss contributes to a relational theory of self-determination. By positing togetherness, relationality, reciprocity, and difference as forming the most basic reality of politics, Maussian gifting offers new perspectives on the question of vulnerability in the context of intercultural relations. Finally, through a study of the ethos of Indigenous treaty philosophy, the dissertation argues for re-envisioning Québécois self-determination through the role of treaty partner and honouring the gift of hospitality contained in the early treaties and alliances of peace and friendship with Indigenous peoples.en_US
dc.description.embargo2020-02-03
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/10796
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectTheories of self-determinationen_US
dc.subjectsettler self-determinationen_US
dc.subjectQuébecen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous/non-indigenous relationsen_US
dc.subjectgiftingen_US
dc.subjecttreaty relationsen_US
dc.subjectvulnerabilityen_US
dc.subjectsovereigntyen_US
dc.titleOn the relationship between vulnerability and sovereignty in Québécois settler self-determination and the shift to a relational conception of the self as treaty partneren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Michaud-Ouellet_Joëlle Alice_PhD_2019.pdf
Size:
1.15 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
 
University of Victoria Libraries

We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.