Rule of experts : Egypt, techno-politics, modernity /
In a series of interrelated essays focused on twentieth-century Egypt, the author, a political theorist, provides an examination of the forms of reason, power and expertise that characterize contemporary politics.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
©2002.
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| Online-Zugang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppnxp |
Inhaltsangabe:
- I. Para-sites of capitalism. Can the mosquito speak? ; Principles true in every country ; The character of calculability
- II. Peasant studies. Invention and reinvention of the peasant ; Nobody listens to a poor man ; Heritage and violence
- III. Fixing the economy. Object of development ; Market's place ; Dreamland.