Martínez, José Ciro orcid.org/0000-0002-7960-4055 (2023) Ambivalent States:Paradoxes of Subjection in the Jordanian South. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. pp. 392-407. ISSN 2399-6552
Abstract
This paper explores the passionate attachments that underpin subjection to political authority. It does so through an examination of the ways residents of the Jordanian city of Ma‘an are formed by, respond to and live with stateness. Rather than unpacking the prosaic practices through which the state comes to appear as an external structure, it probes the forms of agency and affective connection that emerge from life amidst these practices, exploring some of their effects and conditions of possibility. Far from calling for the Jordanian state’s downfall or demise, Ma‘anis call for the state’s redemption, in a circuitous cycle that only intensifies their conviction in an object of desire that so dependably thwarts their aspirations. Drawing on the work of Judith Butler and Lauren Berlant, this paper argues that while the assurances and consolations the state offers can be entered into in any number of ways, subjectivities in its midst may very well be marked by a constitutive ambivalence that is difficult to escape.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2022 16:00 |
Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2024 00:15 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544221136708 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/23996544221136708 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:192390 |