The Faroe Islands: Independence dreams, globalist separatism and the Europeanization of postcolonial home rule
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The Faroe Islands: Independence dreams, globalist separatism and the Europeanization of postcolonial home rule. / Adler-Nissen, Rebecca.
I: Cooperation and Conflict, Bind 49, Nr. 1, 2014, s. 55-79.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The Faroe Islands: Independence dreams, globalist separatism and the Europeanization of postcolonial home rule
AU - Adler-Nissen, Rebecca
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This article examines the intersection of postimperial sovereignty and European integration in the context of a disintegrating Nordic empire. More specifically, it explores the relationships between the Faroe Islands – a group of self-governing islands in the North Atlantic – Denmark and the rest of the world. While the Faroe Islands have gained increased autonomy from Denmark, Faroese separatists are now discussing whether to transfer their newly won autonomy further on to the EU. This contradictory development of separation and integration is shaped by interweaving ideas of sovereignty, nationalism, globalization and postcolonial dependency. The article shows that the Faroese–Danish relationship is being internationalized and Europeanized as the EU and UN become reference points in negotiations of political visions for an independent Faroese state and the controversial issue of pilot whaling. Notwithstanding dramatic transformations, the Faroese–Danish relationship has maintained its postcolonial character, where Denmark is awkwardly constituted as a maternalistic colonial power defending an adolescent colonized from the rest of the world. The real novelty is not the increased Faroese autonomy from Denmark, but how the EU challenges the unity of the postimperial Danish realm and hence the myth of a homogenous Danish nation-state.
AB - This article examines the intersection of postimperial sovereignty and European integration in the context of a disintegrating Nordic empire. More specifically, it explores the relationships between the Faroe Islands – a group of self-governing islands in the North Atlantic – Denmark and the rest of the world. While the Faroe Islands have gained increased autonomy from Denmark, Faroese separatists are now discussing whether to transfer their newly won autonomy further on to the EU. This contradictory development of separation and integration is shaped by interweaving ideas of sovereignty, nationalism, globalization and postcolonial dependency. The article shows that the Faroese–Danish relationship is being internationalized and Europeanized as the EU and UN become reference points in negotiations of political visions for an independent Faroese state and the controversial issue of pilot whaling. Notwithstanding dramatic transformations, the Faroese–Danish relationship has maintained its postcolonial character, where Denmark is awkwardly constituted as a maternalistic colonial power defending an adolescent colonized from the rest of the world. The real novelty is not the increased Faroese autonomy from Denmark, but how the EU challenges the unity of the postimperial Danish realm and hence the myth of a homogenous Danish nation-state.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Denmark
KW - Empire
KW - post-colonialism
KW - post-imperialism
KW - sovereignty
KW - Faroe Islands
KW - EU
KW - European Integration
KW - Identity
U2 - 10.1177/0010836713514150
DO - 10.1177/0010836713514150
M3 - Journal article
VL - 49
SP - 55
EP - 79
JO - Cooperation and Conflict
JF - Cooperation and Conflict
SN - 0010-8367
IS - 1
ER -
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