Jenseits von Autonomie und Kontrolle

Migration als eigensinnige Praxis

Abstract

The dominant view of political scientists on the increase of irregular migration is to diagnose the failure of migration control. Anti-racist theorists also question the nation state’s capability of controlling its borders, but they stress the productive power of the migrants (“autonomy of miration”). This contribution argues against simplifications: while the first concept focuses on state policies only, the second one tends to praise a masculinized autonomous subject. The authors argue for a more differentiated concept of the Eigensinn of migration.