Pluriversal Sovereignty and the State - Imperial Encounters in Sri Lanka

Presenting a case study of British colonial rule and its aftermath in Sri Lanka, this book explores the collision of competing ontologies in the making of the modern state system. It develops a decolonial theoretical framework informed by the idea of a ‘pluriverse’ to reveal the empirical and imperial avenues through which the idea of the modern/colonial state became normalised in Ceylon. The book contributes to three areas of scholarly discussion: the politics of ontology as related to sovereignty, postcolonial and decolonial international relations, and globalisation through the colonial encounter. It argues that in order to understand contemporary postcolonial crises rooted in territorial conflicts, we must first understand the historical and conceptual processes that depoliticised and universalised the norm of ‘total territorial rule’ rather than treating the modern state as a territorial and developmental inevitability. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Theory for a Global Age
Release date:	November 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Ajay Parasram
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-4840-7
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-5261-4840-4
Barcode:	9781526148407

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