States of Imitation

Mimetic Governmentality and Colonial Rule

224 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Late Western colonialism often relied on the practice of imitating indigenous forms of rule in order to maintain power; conversely, indigenous polities could imitate Western sociopolitical forms to their own benefit. Drawing on historical ethnographic studies of colonialism in Asia and Africa, States of Imitation examines how the colonial state attempted to administer, control, and integrate its indigenous subjects through mimetic governmentality, as well the ways indigenous states adopted these imitative practices to establish reciprocal ties with, or to resist the presence of, the colonial state.

• Reihe: Studies in Social Analysis
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie
• ISBN: 9781789207378
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.06.2020
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Patrice Ladwig, Ricardo Roque