Modern Sovereign: The Body of Power in Central Africa (Congo and Gabon)

by Joseph Tonda

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857426885
• ISBN13: 9780857426888
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"