This short commentary argues for the utility of a suitably expansive idea of citizenship, one that opens complex terrains for analysis: where citizens work with, against, and alongside the state, and where state power is enabled and sidestepped through multiple embodied processes. I consider the nature of the citizen‐state encounter in each article in AE’s “Citizenship, Solidarity, and Nonbelonging” forum to explore local experiences of sovereignty and state power.

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公民思维——支持、反对和绕过国家


这篇简短的评论主张适当扩展的公民概念的实用性，该概念为分析开辟了复杂的领域：公民与国家合作、反对或并肩工作，以及通过多种具体过程启用和回避国家权力。我在 AE 的“公民权、团结和非归属”论坛的每篇文章中考虑了公民与国家相遇的本质，以探索主权和国家权力的当地经验。