Nuruddin Farah is widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated
voices in contemporary world literature. Michel Foucault is revered
as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century,
with his discursive legacy providing inspiration for scholars
working in a range of interdisciplinary fields. The Disorder of
Things offers a reading of the Somali novelist through the prism of
the French philosopher. The book argues that the preoccupations
that have remained central throughout Farah's forty year career,
including political autocracy, female infibulation, border
conflicts, international aid and development, civil war,
transnational migration and the Horn of Africa's place in a
so-called 'axis of evil', can be mapped onto some key concerns in
Foucault's writing most notably Foucault's theoretical turn from
'disciplinary' to 'biopolitical' power. In both the colonial past
and the postcolonial present, Somalia is typically represented as
an incubator of disorder: whether in relation to internecine
conflict, international terrorism or contemporary piracy. Through
his work, both fictional and non-fictional, Farah strives to
present alternative stories to an expanding global readership. The
Disorder of Things analyses the politics and poetics that underpin
this literary project, beginning with Farah's first fictional
cycle, Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship
(1979-1983), and ending with his Past Imperfect trilogy
(2004-2011). Farah's writing calls for a more refined, substantial
reading of our current geo-political situation. As such, it both
warrants and compels the kind of critical engagement foregrounded
throughout The Disorder of Things. This book will appeal to
students, academics and general readers with an interest in the
interdisciplinary study of literature. Its engagement with
theorists, drawn from postcolonial, feminist and development
studies, set against the backdrop of a host of philosophical and
sociological discourses, shows how such intellectual
cross-fertilisation can enliven a single-author study.
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