Rada Iveković | Europe and Contemporary Migrations [Report]

Europe is no exception to the contemporary closure of borders to people from the global south and east, but it is a particularly insidious example of what is going on practically world-wide in the 21st century and within the new world-configuration of powers. Migrations as an ancient human way of being, but at this time as an epochal and global issue, now define the 21st century. In a globalized world, migrations too should be apprehended globally and as a trans-national phenomenon. In the public lecture, as well as in my mini course at the International Institute for Cultural Studies (ICCS/IICS) of National Chiao Tung University, I shall raise some philosophical questions regarding the functioning of exception(s), immunisation and blind-spots within a given political context, and some political questions regarding the responsibility of Europe in this state of affairs. Postfascism and the status of tolerance in capitalism should be addressed, as well as the role of historiography and compared political economy.

About the Speaker
Rada Iveković is a tenured professor at University Jean Monnet – St.Etienn. She taught philosophy at universities in Yugoslavia and France, and was visiting professor at many other universities around the world and across several continents. Her research interests include feminist theory, political philosophy, Asian and western philosophies, on such topics as the nation, citizenship, sex&gender, migrations etc.

演講側記

陳炯志（文化研究國際中心博士後研究員）

Iveković教授的研究領域包括比較哲學，女性主義理論，以及政治哲學。經歷南斯拉夫內戰而遷移到法國。這次的演講，也同時作為後續一系列課程的第一次。
歐洲過往從來都沒有移民危機，在這個拒絕好客的過程中，這些遷移者所必然面對的種族歧視、暴力，甚至其他的對待方式。因為殖民歷史的緣故，面對這些人的遷移歐洲必須負起責任。在目前，移民政策已經成為重要問題，但它被政治化的方式與冷戰時期不同。在冷戰時期，逃離共產主義，投向資本主義，是受到西歐世界的歡迎。在當時許多人死於企圖翻越柏林圍牆，還為他們蓋了紀念館。但在今日，有成千上萬的人死於橫越地中海，卻無法知道多數人的確切姓名。遷移人口、民粹主義，以及極右派這三者的發展正相互牽連。儘管國際組織發出善意口號，但實際上是，移民並不在國家政策的考量中，只是任由人們持續地在邊境死去。由於移民到新大陸的可能性現在已經不存在了，因此各國正透過正式和非正式的方式不斷擴大關於限制移民的立法，也可以稱之為移民”戰爭”。而以往援救移民，並透過某種篩選機制，讓一部分人進入歐洲的機制已經轉變。目前的目標只有一個：關閉邊界。僅剩下少數幾個人道主義團體仍在進行援助，並且有好幾位都是女性。或許婦女組織，女權組織，與移民組織的連結，會是一種重要的可能發展。移民在現在有了新的普遍性，它除了是一種(社會)運動，同時也因為他們確實在移動中，他們應該有移動的權利，以及被接納，有權脫離原本的困境，也應該有權居住在任何地方。