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Migration and the critique of ‘state thought’: Abdelmalek Sayad as a political theorist

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This article argues for reading the Algerian-French sociologist Abdelmalek Sayad (1933–1998) as a political theorist of migration. Various contributions have recently called to move away from the court-like assessment of claims by host states and foreigners and to engage more frankly with empirical work more attentive to concrete experiences and power relations. I contend that Sayad’s sociological work constitutes a substantial empirical and normative resource for ethical and political theory of migration, pointing to the persistence of ‘state thought’ and presenting original normative perspectives on emigration, inclusion in democracy, naturalization or postcolonial relationships. Such a reading of Sayad from a political theory perspective would then constitute a prime example of the cross-fertilization of empirical and normative approaches.
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Benjamin Boudou. Migration and the critique of ‘state thought’: Abdelmalek Sayad as a political theorist. European Journal of Political Theory, 2023, 22 (3), pp.399-424. ⟨10.1177/14748851211041906⟩. ⟨halshs-04096038⟩
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