Archaeology, neofascism and white supremacy: decolonizing our theories, engaging in practices of resistance

• Autor: Hamilakis, Yannis
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/25859
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/discursos/article/view/25859
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: arqueología; neofascismo; Grecia; descolonización; migración contemporánea; Archaeology; neofascism; Greece; decolonization; contemporary migration

In this article, I will first explore the use of ancient discursive and iconographic tropes by neofascist and white supremacy groups, primarily in Greece, but present in other Western contexts as well. Militarization, notions of war, racist and Eastern hierarchies, leader cult are the norm. Paradoxically, these groups occasionally resort to deploy modern archaeogenetic research as scientific proof of genetic continuity. Reminding us of the dangers of the biologization of identity. For the second part of the article, in order to counteract fascist advances I will suggest that archeologists should make an effort to decolonize the teleological and progressive accounting of time, the sensory and affective regimes of the racial and capitalist modernity, and the ontology based on an individualized and autonomous self that serve as foundation of the racial and capitalist modernity.