Introduction: Mimetic Governmentality, Colonialism, and the State
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, State...
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Language: | eng |
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2020
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10451/44064 |
Country: | Portugal |
Oai: | oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/44064 |