Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Settler Colonial Present -- 1 Settler Colonialism is not Colonialism -- Colonialism as a viral form -- Settler colonialism as a bacterial form -- The interaction of colonialism and settler colonialism -- 2 Settlers are not Migrants -- Settler colonial formations -- The settler 'experience' -- Are all nonindigenous people settlers? -- 3 Settler Colonialism is not Somewhere Else -- Where is settler colonialism? -- The internationalisation of indigeneity -- The return of terra nullius -- 4 Settler Colonialism is not Finished -- Settler colonial narratives -- Settler colonial reflexes -- The new indigenisations -- Conclusion: Transcending the Settler Colonial Present -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
What is Settler Colonialism? explores the ways in which settler colonialism as a specific mode of domination informs the global present. It presents an argument regarding its extraordinary resilience and diffusion and reflects on the need to imagine its decolonisation.