Of revelation and revolution, volume 1 [[electronic resource] ] : Christianity, colonialism, and consciousness in South Africa |
Autore | Comaroff Jean |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, IL, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (438 p.) |
Disciplina |
303.48/241/00899639775
303.4824100899639775 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ComaroffJohn L |
Soggetto topico |
History
London Missionary Society Missions Social conditions Tswana (African people) Tswana (African people) - History Tswana (African people) - Missions Tswana (African people) - Social conditions |
ISBN |
9786611430719
1-281-43071-4 0-226-11447-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | OF REVELATION AND REVOLUTION; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chronology; ONE INTRODUCTION; TWO BRITISH BEGINNINGS: Spirits of an Age, Signs of the Times; THREE AFRICA OBSERVED: Discourses of the Imperial Imagination; FOUR AFRICAN WORLDS: Economy, Culture, and Society, circa 1800-1830; FIVE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: HeroicJourneys, First Encounters; SIX CONVERSION AND CONVERSATION: Narrative, Form, and Consciousness; SEVEN SECULAR POWER, SACRED AUTHORITY: The Politics of the Mission; EIGHT CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248192403316 |
Comaroff Jean | ||
Chicago, IL, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The truth about crime : sovereignty, knowledge, social order / / Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff |
Autore | Comaroff Jean |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago ; ; London : , : The University of Chicago Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 364.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Crime
Police administration |
Soggetto non controllato | crime, sovereignty, knowledge, policing, petty theft, scams, embezzlement, banks, financial institutions, corporations, greed, success, ambition, war, modernity, criminality, capital, state power, governance, complicity, race, ethnicity, systemic racism, bias, south africa, democracy, citizenship, class, law, representation, political economy, violence, oppression, discrimination, segregation, white supremacy, moral panic, politics, history, nonfiction, police, administration, legal system, criminal justice |
ISBN | 0-226-42507-X |
Classificazione | LB 80000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Crime, capital, and the metaphysics of disorder: an overview, in three movements -- Crime, policing, and the making of modernity: the state, sovereignty, and the il/legal -- The order of things to come: crime-and-policing in the present continuous forensic fantasy and the political economy of representation: scenes from the brave noir world -- Law-making, law-breaking, and law-enforcement: five uneasy pieces -- Divine detection: policing at the edge -- Imposture, law, and the policing of personhood: the return of Khulekani Khumalo, zombie captive -- Figuring crime: quantifacts, mythostats, and the production of the un/real -- Outsourcing justice, privatizing protection: practices of popular sovereignty -- Sharp endings: a pointed afterimage. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154284003321 |
Comaroff Jean | ||
Chicago ; ; London : , : The University of Chicago Press, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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