The Coloniality of Humanitarian Intervention

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
	Sexuality, Gender and the Civilising Mission
	Exploring the British Case
	Mapping the Study of Humanitarian Intervention
	Notes
	References
Chapter 2: Queering Humanitarian Intervention as Colonial Violence
	A Brief History of Humanitarian Intervention
	Shifting Norms of Humanitarian Intervention
	Critical Readings of Humanitarian Intervention
	Queer IR and the Study of Humanitarian Intervention
	The ‘Homonormative Turn’ in Queer IR
	Heteronormativity, Racism and World Politics
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 3: The Brutal Dictator: Targeting Families, Forming Evil Alliances
	Graphic and Heteronormative Discourses of Violence
	Discourses of Pathology and Perversion
	The Dictator\'s Evil Alliances
	Resisting Self/Other Dichotomies
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 4: The ISIL Terrorist: Islamophobia and the Battle for Survival
	‘The Islamic Terrorist’ Versus ‘The West’
	Securitising the Terrorist Threat
	Apportioning Responsibility to ‘The Muslim World’
	Saving Women, Children and Gays
	Resisting the Use of Force and the Category of ‘Terrorist’
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 5: The British Self: Colonial Masculinity and the (Non)Use of Force
	British Values and the Fight for Freedom
	Masculinist Logics of IR
	Humanitarian and Diplomatic Aims
	Resisting Depictions of British Benevolence
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 6: The Universal Path to Democracy
	Democracy as the Telos of Civilisation
	The ‘Right’ Side of History
	Spatial Representations of Colonial Time
	The British Street Versus The Arab Street
	The State of Nature
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 7: Conclusion
	Brutal Britannia: The Ongoing Coloniality of the British State
	Cultural Figures of Normality and/or Perversion (Weber, 2016)
	Closing Reflections
	Notes
	References
Index