Accidents, agency and asylum: Constructing the refugee subject

Behrman, Simon (2014) Accidents, agency and asylum: Constructing the refugee subject. Law and Critique, 25 (3). pp. 249-270. ISSN 0957-8536

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Abstract

Refugee law demands that the asylum seeker demonstrate an extremely limited and distorted form of agency that is encapsulated within the legal definition of the refugee. Such a framework also denies the role of the accidental in the refugee experience. I argue that the problem lies at the heart of the legal form, as constructed under capitalism. The sans-papiers show us the potential for refugees themselves to reconstruct a subjectivity that transcends the distorted form of agency and the false dichotomy between the accidental and agency found in law, through their rejection of legal definitions and the re-emergence of themselves as political subjects.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	14 Jul 2014 10:02
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 16:54
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/49338
DOI:	10.1007/s10978-014-9140-x

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