Recreating the Third World Project: possibilities through the Fourth World |
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Authors: | Crystal Whetstone Murat Yilmaz |
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Affiliation: | 1. Political Science Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USAwhetstcm@mail.uc.edu;3. Political Science Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA |
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Abstract: | AbstractIn this paper, we make a theoretical argument that the Third World be returned to its political origins to inspire an updated Third World Project (TWP), revived as a global movement for progressive, anti-imperialist forces, through the Fourth World movement, which highlights internal colonialism. Both the TWP and the United Nations recognise only nation states as full members. We examine how a Third World strategy that brings in the Fourth World, or indigenous, minority and/or stateless groups, can help oppressed groups gain more autonomy and rights through a transnational solidarity rooted in empathy. We trace the intellectual roots and history of the TWP and consider obstacles in bringing together the TWP and the Fourth World movement. A Fourth World strategy corrects the TWP’s implicit approval of an underlying imperialism, and the TWP provides the Fourth World movement a model to accomplish its goal of resisting uncritical modernity. |
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Keywords: | Third World Project political resistance indigenous autonomy anti-colonialism internal colonialism |
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