Genealogies of an Imperial Concept
by
Amedeo Policante
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
The image of the pirate is at once spectral and ubiquitous. It haunts the imagination of international legal scholars, diplomats and statesmen involved in the war on terror. It returns in the headlines of international newspapers as an untimely ‘security threat’. It materializes on the most provincial...