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Informationen zum Autor Najeeb A. Jan is Assistant Professor of Human Geography in the Department of Geography of the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Klappentext The Metacolonial State presents a novel rethinking of the relationship between Islam and the Political. Key to the text is an original argument regarding the "biopoliticization of Islam" and the imperative need for understanding sovereign power and the state of exception in resolutely ontological terms. Through the formulation of a critical ontology of political violence, The Metacolonial State endeavors to shed new light on the signatures of power undergirding postcolonial life, while situating Pakistan as a paradigmatic site for reflection on the nature of modernity's precarious present. The cross-disciplinary approach of Dr. Jan's work is certain to have broad appeal among geographers, historians, anthropologists, postcolonial theorists, and political scientists, among others. At the same time, his explication of critical ontology - with its radical reading of the interlacement of history, power and the event - promises to add a bold new dimension to social science research on Islamism and biopolitics. Zusammenfassung The Metacolonial State offers a novel rethinking of the relationship between Islam and the Political. It is the first major study that seeks to develop a critical ontology of political violence and the state of exception in Pakistan. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgement Introduction Islamapolis : The Crisis of Islam and the Political in Pakistan 1. Critical Ontology: The Biopolitical Apparatus 2. The Space of Emergency: The Military, Discipline and Political Theology 3. The Space of Law: 'Ulama, Shari'a, and the Technology of Blasphemy 4. The Space of War: Homo Islamicus, Body Politics and Jihad 5. The Space of Exception: Nationalism and Biopolitical Sovereignty Conclusion: The Metacolonial and The Space of Thinking Appendix A Appendix B Glossary References ...
