The encrypted state : delusion and displacement in the Peruvian Andes /
Nugent, David,
The encrypted state : delusion and displacement in the Peruvian Andes / David Nugent - 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
Why do seemingly rational states become paranoid and delusional? The encrypted state engages in a close analysis of political disorder to better understand political stability. David Nugent focuses on a crisis of rule in twentieth-century Peru, when officials believed they had lost the ability to govern and communicated in secret code to protect themselves from imaginary subversives. The encrypted state employs the notion of sacropolitics - the politics of mass group sacrifice - to make sense of this plague of dark fantasies. Nugent explores the role of state structures and everyday cultural practices in generating state delusion. He also investigates the part affect and imagination play in producing government paranoia. This book sheds important new light on the forces that variously promote or undermine organized political subjection.
9781503609723 (electronic bk.) 1503609723 (electronic bk.) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper)
22573/ctvqrn17h JSTOR
Odría, Manuel A. 1897-1974.
Odría, Manuel A. 1897-1974.
Partido Aprista Peruano--History--20th century.
Partido Aprista Peruano.
1900-1999
Political stability--History--Peru--20th century.
Legitimacy of governments--History--Peru--20th century.
Dictatorship--History--Peru--20th century.
History.
History
Stabilité politique--Histoire--Pérou--20e siècle.
Légitimité des gouvernements--Histoire--Pérou--20e siècle.
Dictature--Histoire--Pérou--20e siècle.
Histoire.
history (discipline)
HISTORY--Latin America--South America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
History.
Electronic books.
Dictatorship.
Legitimacy of governments.
Political stability.
Politics and government.
Amazonas (Peru)--Politics and government--20th century.
Peru--Politics and government--1919-1968.
Pérou--Politique et gouvernement--1919-1968.
Peru.
Peru--Amazonas.
Electronic books.
History.
F3448 / .N836 2019
985.06/3
The encrypted state : delusion and displacement in the Peruvian Andes / David Nugent - 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
Why do seemingly rational states become paranoid and delusional? The encrypted state engages in a close analysis of political disorder to better understand political stability. David Nugent focuses on a crisis of rule in twentieth-century Peru, when officials believed they had lost the ability to govern and communicated in secret code to protect themselves from imaginary subversives. The encrypted state employs the notion of sacropolitics - the politics of mass group sacrifice - to make sense of this plague of dark fantasies. Nugent explores the role of state structures and everyday cultural practices in generating state delusion. He also investigates the part affect and imagination play in producing government paranoia. This book sheds important new light on the forces that variously promote or undermine organized political subjection.
9781503609723 (electronic bk.) 1503609723 (electronic bk.) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper)
22573/ctvqrn17h JSTOR
Odría, Manuel A. 1897-1974.
Odría, Manuel A. 1897-1974.
Partido Aprista Peruano--History--20th century.
Partido Aprista Peruano.
1900-1999
Political stability--History--Peru--20th century.
Legitimacy of governments--History--Peru--20th century.
Dictatorship--History--Peru--20th century.
History.
History
Stabilité politique--Histoire--Pérou--20e siècle.
Légitimité des gouvernements--Histoire--Pérou--20e siècle.
Dictature--Histoire--Pérou--20e siècle.
Histoire.
history (discipline)
HISTORY--Latin America--South America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
History.
Electronic books.
Dictatorship.
Legitimacy of governments.
Political stability.
Politics and government.
Amazonas (Peru)--Politics and government--20th century.
Peru--Politics and government--1919-1968.
Pérou--Politique et gouvernement--1919-1968.
Peru.
Peru--Amazonas.
Electronic books.
History.
F3448 / .N836 2019
985.06/3