Contemporary liberal governance requires constant access to a historical “reset” button, a simultaneous acknowledgement and disavowal of history. This is especially so in times of emergency or crisis; we are, supposedly, “all in this together.” The political economic institutions that facilitate this false solidarity—the anti‐social contract—range from the mundane to emergency measures, but they share an origin in, and gain their legitimacy from, a key mechanism of liberal social life: contract. If contracts “settle” the past, what can build solidarity in the shadow of a past that cannot be settled?

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定居者-殖民主义的反社会契约《威利在加拿大地理学家协会2019年年会上的邀请演讲》

当代的自由主义治理要求不断访问历史“重置”按钮，同时承认和否认历史。在紧急或危机时期尤其如此。我们应该是“这一切在一起”。促进这种虚假团结的政治经济机构（反社会契约）的范围从平凡到紧急措施，但它们与自由的社会生活的一种关键机制（契约）有着共同的渊源并从中获得合法性。如果契约“解决”了过去，那么在无法解决的过去阴影下，有什么可以建立团结的呢？