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Al Attar, Mohsen (2022) The peculiar double-consciousness of TWAIL. Indonesian Journal of International Law, 19 (2). 3. doi:10.17304/ijil.vol19.2.3 ISSN 1693-5594.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.17304/ijil.vol19.2.3
Abstract
Shunning the Eurocentrism that colours much mainstream scholarship, TWAIL has centred in international legal scholarship the views of peoples historically marginalised in the imperial-colonial process. In a single generation, its interventions have shifted perceptions of international law across the academy, forcing scholars to account for the partialities of our purportedly universal international legal regime. Yet, despite embracing iconoclasm and critique, TWAIL is also denoted by a formalist streak. Many of its scholars are committed to the regime, towing an orthodox line that appears counter-intuitive, even inconsistent. In this article, I use WEB Du Bois’ concept of double-consciousness to explain the tension that grips TWAIL scholars. The formerly colonised are caught in a loop: they aspire to belong to the academy—and to the world—yet are cognisant of the discord between their emancipatory hope for international law and its predatory reality. Du Bois offers a way forward, beseeching the colonised to fuse their clashing worldviews to produce a radical consciousness capable of advancing the cause of human freedom.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy K Law [Moys] > KZ Non-legal Subjects |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | International law -- Developing countries, Developing countries, Knowledge, Theory of | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Indonesian Journal of International Law | ||||||
| Publisher: | Lembaga Pengkajian Hukum Internasional | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1693-5594 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 31 January 2022 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 19 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 3 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.17304/ijil.vol19.2.3 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 – Mohsen Al-Attar | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 August 2022 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 August 2022 |
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