A Nervous State: Violence, Remedies, and Reverie in Colonial Congo

A Nervous State: Violence, Remedies, and Reverie in Colonial Congo

by NancyRoseHunt (Author)

Synopsis

Nancy Rose Hunt tells the affective history of the convergence of biopolitics and colonial violence in the Belgian Congo. By showing how the shifts and interactions between the biopolitical state and the nervous state drove the colonial government's actions toward the Congolese, Hunt provides a new model for theorizing colonialism.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 376
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Published: 08 Jan 2016

ISBN 10: 0822359650
ISBN 13: 9780822359654