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In solitary, in solidarity
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Abstract This article assesses the challenges to a key 'anti-policy' within anti-terrorism: the detention of terror suspects. It analyses the global response to the 2005 kidnapping of a Christian Peacemaker Team in Iraq. Particular focus is given to how detainees in the 'War on Terror' emerged as key spokesp... view more
This article assesses the challenges to a key 'anti-policy' within anti-terrorism: the detention of terror suspects. It analyses the global response to the 2005 kidnapping of a Christian Peacemaker Team in Iraq. Particular focus is given to how detainees in the 'War on Terror' emerged as key spokespeople in the attempt to influence the actions of the kidnappers. So-called 'terror detainees' in the UK and Canada made several appeals for mercy and wrote letters establishing their solidarity with the CPT hostages. Drawing on the political theory of Jacques Ranciere, the article analyses examples of detainee or hostage solidarity as acts of political subjectification. Detention is analysed as a site where key political dynamics are enacted. For detainees to articulate a grievance as an equal or enact an international solidarity is a radical political moment that serves to disrupt the routines and normalizations of the anti-policy of detention.... view less
Free Keywords
anti-detention; detention; global citizenship; political agency; solidarity; War on Terror;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 333-349
Journal
European Journal of Cultural Studies, 11 (2008) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549408091847
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)