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Debating and Defining Borders - Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives (Paperback)
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Debating and Defining Borders - Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Borderlands Studies
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This book brings together insights from border scholars and
philosophers to ask how we are to define and understand concepts of
borders today. Borders have a defining role in contemporary
societies. Take, for example, the 2016 US election and the UK
Brexit referendum, and subsequent debate, where the rhetoric and
symbolism of border controls proved fundamental to the outcomes.
However, borders are also becoming ever more multifaceted and
complex, representing intersections of political, economical,
social, and cultural interests. For some, borders are tangible,
situated in time and place; for others, the nature of borders can
be abstracted and discussed in general terms. By discussing borders
philosophically and theoretically, this edited collection tackles
head on the most defi ning and challenging questions within the fi
eld of border studies regarding the defi nition of its very object
of study. Part 1 of the book consists of theoretical contributions
from border scholars, Part 2 takes a philosophical approach, and
Part 3 brings together chapters where philosophy and border studies
are directly related. Borders intersect with the key issues of our
time, from migration, climate change vulnerability, terror,
globalization, inequality, and nationalism, to intertwining
questions of culture, identity, ideology, and religion. This book
will be of interest to those studying in these fields, and most
especially to researchers of border studies and philosophy.
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