![]() ![]() But as Coulthard explains, this new tactic by the Canadian state-a response to waves of Indigenous resistance-is meant to mask an old strategy. The recent release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report has highlighted how recognition and reconciliation dominate the discussion of Indigenous politics. All this is concentrated in less than 200 pages, in a clear style that makes it as accessible as a work of political theory can be. Coulthard critically engages Karl Marx and Frantz Fanon, surveys Indigenous struggles from his own Dene Nation to Idle No More, critiques liberal philosophers Charles Taylor and Seyla Benhabib, and contributes to resurgent Indigenous politics alongside Taiaiake Alfred and Leanne Simpson. ![]() Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition critiques the politics of recognition and reconciliation and charts an alternative. Twenty-five years since resistance at Kanesatake, and in the midst of Truth and Reconciliation recommendations and the ongoing Idle No More movement, Glen Sean Coulthard’s book is a must read. ![]()
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