Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-278) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : the routine and the remarkable in state formation -- Sacropolitics -- The descent into madness -- The consolidation of casta rule -- Being (and seeing) like a state -- Divided elite and disordered state -- The sacropolitics of military conscription -- The sacropolitics of labor conscription -- Glimpses of danger and subversion -- Conclusion : behind the mask of the state.
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