1st Edition

Nativism and Capitalism From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures

By Peter Bloom Copyright 2026
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures offers a sweeping reappraisal of nativism as a central force within global capitalism rather than a simple reaction against it. Peter Bloom shows how the figure of the “native”, inherited from colonial rule, continues to shape how capitalist modernity organizes scarcity, hierarchy, and belonging. From 19th-century... Read more

Preface - The Spectre of the Global Native

Acknowledgements

1 . The Rise of the Global Native

2 . Spectral Colonialism: A New Critical Theory of Nativism and Indigenous Resistance

3 . Waves of Exclusion: Nativism's Recurring Emergence in Response to Global Capitalism

4 . Borderless Capital, Bounded Communities: Neoliberalism's Paradoxical Push Towards Nativism 

5 . Necropolitics and Nativism: Life, Death, and the Specter of “Colonialism”

6 . From Citizens to Tribes: The Resurgence of Ethno.Nationalism in Global Politics

7 . Indigenous Futures: Reclaiming Place, Solidarity, and Life Beyond the Necropolitical Order

8 . Beyond Nativism: Imagining a Global Indigenous Politics

Index

Biography

Peter Bloom is Professor of Management at the University of Essex and the Co-Director of the research centre "Commons Organising, Values, Equalities, and Resilience".

"This is a profoundly important and magisterial study of the relationship between the ascendance of authoritarian nativism and the capitalist moment that we find ourselves in. Bloom paints an enlightening and sobering picture of the grave challenges we face but also shows us glimpses of the other world that is very much possible—if we decide to make it happen."

Priyamvada Gopal, Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge and Professorial Fellow, Churchill College