This book explains how the processes of ‘total territorial rule’ at the core of the modern international system became normalised in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). It develops a decolonial framework informed by a ‘pluriverse’ of multiple ontologies of sovereignty to argue that the state itself is an outcome of imperial globalisation -- .


Format Inbunden Omfång 216 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Manchester University Press Utgivningsdatum 2023-11-28 ISBN 9781526148407