{"product_id":"law-and-disorder-in-the-postcolony-paperback","title":"Law and Disorder in the Postcolony - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Comaroff\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre postcolonies haunted more by criminal violence than other nation-states? The usual answer is yes. In \u003ci\u003eLaw and Disorder in the Postcolony, \u003c\/i\u003e Jean and John Comaroff and a group of respected theorists show that the question is misplaced: that the predicament of postcolonies arises from their place in a world order dominated by new modes of governance, new sorts of empires, new species of wealth-an order that criminalizes poverty and race, entraps the \"south\" in relations of corruption, and displaces politics into the realms of the market, criminal economies, and the courts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As these essays make plain, however, there is another side to postcoloniality: while postcolonies live in states of endemic disorder, many of them fetishize the law, its ways and itsmeans. How is the coincidence of disorder with a fixation on legalities to be explained? \u003ci\u003eLaw and Disorder in the Postcolony\u003c\/i\u003e addresses this question, entering into critical dialogue with such theorists as Benjamin, Agamben, and Bayart. In the process, it also demonstrates how postcolonies have become crucial sites for the production of contemporary theory, not least because they are harbingers of a global future under construction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre postcolonies haunted more by criminal violence than other nation-states? The usual answer is yes. In \u003ci\u003eLaw and Disorder in the Postcolony, \u003c\/i\u003e Jean and John Comaroff and a group of respected theorists show that the question is misplaced: that the predicament of postcolonies arises from their place in a world order dominated by new modes of governance, new sorts of empires, new species of wealth--an order that tends to criminalize poverty and race, entraps the \"south\" in relations of corruption, and displaces politics into the realms of the market, criminal economies, and the courts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As these essays make plain, however, there is another side to postcoloniality: while many postcolonies show signs of endemic disorder, they also fetishize the law, its ways and its means. How are we to explain the coincidence of disorder with a fixation on legalities? \u003ci\u003eLaw and Disorder in the Postcolony\u003c\/i\u003e addresses this question, entering into critical dialogue with such theorists as Jean-Francois Bayart, Walter Benjamin, and Giorgio Agamben. In the process, it also demonstrates how postcolonies have become crucial sites for the production of contemporary theory, not least because they are harbingers of a global future under construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre postcolonies haunted more by criminal violence than other nation-states? The usual answer is yes. In \u003ci\u003eLaw and Disorder in the Postcolony, \u003c\/i\u003e Jean and John Comaroff and a group of respected theorists show that the question is misplaced: that the predicament of postcolonies arises from their place in a world order dominated by new modes of governance, new sorts of empires, new species of wealth--an order that tends to criminalize poverty and race, entraps the \"south\" in relations of corruption, and displaces politics into the realms of the market, criminal economies, and the courts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As these essays make plain, however, there is another side to postcoloniality: while many postcolonies show signs of endemic disorder, they also fetishize the law, its ways and its means. How are we to explain the coincidence of disorder with a fixation on legalities? \u003ci\u003eLaw and Disorder in the Postcolony\u003c\/i\u003e addresses this question, entering into critical dialogue with such theorists as Jean-François Bayart, Walter Benjamin, and Giorgio Agamben. In the process, it also demonstrates how postcolonies have become crucial sites for the production of contemporary theory, not least because they are harbingers of a global future under construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Comaroff\u003c\/b\u003e is the Bernard E. and Ellen C. Sunny Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology and director of the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory at the University of Chicago. \u003cb\u003eJohn L. Comaroff\u003c\/b\u003e is the Harold W. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago and a senior research fellow at the American Bar Foundation. Both are honorary professors at the University of Cape Town. They are coauthors of the multivolume \u003ci\u003eOf Revelation and Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e also published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.96 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45259784683622,"sku":"9780226114095","price":81.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MmpnQWdIN2NiaWNFUUFhamhaSERFUT09.webp?v=1773856229","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/law-and-disorder-in-the-postcolony-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}