The modern sovereign: the body of power in Central Africa (Congo and Gabon)
"The 'Modern Sovereign,' a notion indebted both to Hobbes's Leviathan and Marx's conception of capital, refers to the power that governed the African multitudes from the earliest colonial days to the post-colonial era. It is an internalized power, responsible for the multifo...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The 'Modern Sovereign,' a notion indebted both to Hobbes's Leviathan and Marx's conception of capital, refers to the power that governed the African multitudes from the earliest colonial days to the post-colonial era. It is an internalized power, responsible for the multiform violence exerted on bodies and imaginations. Joseph Tonda contends that in Central Africa--and particularly in Gabon and the Congo--the body is at the heart of political, religious, sexual, economic, and ritual power. This, he argues, is confirmed by the strong link between corporeal and political matters, and by the ostentatious display of bodies in African life. The body of power asserts itself as both matter and spirit, and it incorporates the seductive force of money, commodities, sex, and knowledge. Tonda's incisive analysis reveals how this sovereign power is a social relation, historically constituted by the violence of the African cultural Imaginary and the realities of State, Market, and Church. It is to be understood, he asserts, through a generalized theory economic, political, and religious fetishism. By introducing this crucial critical voice from contemporary Africa into the English language, The Modern Sovereign makes a significant contribution to field of anthropology, political science, and African studies."-- |
| Beschreibung: | "Originally published as Joseph Tonda, Le Souverain moderne © Éditions Karthala, 2005"--Title page verso |
| Beschreibung: | 370 Seiten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780857426888 0857426885 |
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| contents | Introduction: Violence of the imaginary, violence of fetishism: the principle of the modern sovereign -- Part one: Epistemologies of the body and things of the modern sovereign -- Torments, charms and troubles of the modern sovereign -- Kalaka, Otangani, Bula Matari: the scriptuary order, spaces and agents of the modern sovereign -- Misunderstanding over the value of the body of God -- Part two: consumption / Consumption: The political principle of the modern sovereign -- Ghosts and political machines -- consumption / Consumption of the sex-body and the hegemony of the modern sovereign -- Tormented ethnic bodies -- Conclusion |
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| spelling | Tonda, Joseph Verfasser (DE-588)1151533580 aut Souverain moderne The modern sovereign the body of power in Central Africa (Congo and Gabon) Joseph Tonda ; translated by Chris Turner London ; New York ; Calcutta Seagull Books 2021 370 Seiten 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The Africa list "Originally published as Joseph Tonda, Le Souverain moderne © Éditions Karthala, 2005"--Title page verso Introduction: Violence of the imaginary, violence of fetishism: the principle of the modern sovereign -- Part one: Epistemologies of the body and things of the modern sovereign -- Torments, charms and troubles of the modern sovereign -- Kalaka, Otangani, Bula Matari: the scriptuary order, spaces and agents of the modern sovereign -- Misunderstanding over the value of the body of God -- Part two: consumption / Consumption: The political principle of the modern sovereign -- Ghosts and political machines -- consumption / Consumption of the sex-body and the hegemony of the modern sovereign -- Tormented ethnic bodies -- Conclusion "The 'Modern Sovereign,' a notion indebted both to Hobbes's Leviathan and Marx's conception of capital, refers to the power that governed the African multitudes from the earliest colonial days to the post-colonial era. It is an internalized power, responsible for the multiform violence exerted on bodies and imaginations. Joseph Tonda contends that in Central Africa--and particularly in Gabon and the Congo--the body is at the heart of political, religious, sexual, economic, and ritual power. This, he argues, is confirmed by the strong link between corporeal and political matters, and by the ostentatious display of bodies in African life. The body of power asserts itself as both matter and spirit, and it incorporates the seductive force of money, commodities, sex, and knowledge. Tonda's incisive analysis reveals how this sovereign power is a social relation, historically constituted by the violence of the African cultural Imaginary and the realities of State, Market, and Church. It is to be understood, he asserts, through a generalized theory economic, political, and religious fetishism. By introducing this crucial critical voice from contemporary Africa into the English language, The Modern Sovereign makes a significant contribution to field of anthropology, political science, and African studies."-- Translated from the French Religion / Social aspects / Africa, Central Religion / Social aspects / Congo (Brazzaville) Religion / Social aspects / Gabon Christianity / Africa, Central Superstition / Social aspects Spirit possession / Africa, Central Religion and social problems Magic Fetishism Spirit possession Christianity Religion / Social aspects Central Africa Congo (Brazzaville) Gabon Turner, Chris 1953- (DE-588)1179194608 trl ebook version 9780857427304 |
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