{"product_id":"the-encrypted-state-delusion-and-displacement-in-the-peruvian-andes-hardback-9781503609037","title":"The Encrypted State; Delusion and Displacement in the Peruvian Andes (Hardback) 9781503609037","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Encrypted State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDelusion and Displacement in the Peruvian Andes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Nugent (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503609037\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 August 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Nugent's deep and discerning dive in the archives has—and not for the first time—surfaced striking new conceptual treasures for the analysis of state-making. \u003ci\u003eThe Encrypted State\u003c\/i\u003e enlarges and enriches our understanding of how 'flailing' states disguise their disorder with the pretense of routine and, behind the scenes, paranoia. A superb and lasting contribution.\"—James C. Scott, author of \u003ci\u003eSeeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed\u003c\/i\u003e \"This brilliant, inspired book reshapes the debate about 'the state' in a number of disciplines, challenging virtually all the prevailing orthodoxies about states in their relation to societies. Nugent's theoretical insights are hard-won, arising organically from deep immersion in empirical, archival research.\"—Akhil Gupta, UCLA \"When states 'state' they often do so not as well-oiled rational bureaucratic machines but rather in hysterical, delusional, and paranoid ways. Based on fascinating archival sources, Nugent's study of a state ruled by fear sheds new light on the regional history of Chachapoyas and the political history of modern Peru. Above all, it makes a deeply original contribution to the literature on state formation.\"—Paulo Drinot, University College London\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a seemingly rational state becomes paranoid and delusional? \u003ci\u003eThe Encrypted State\u003c\/i\u003e engages in a close analysis of political disorder to shed new light on the concept of political stability. The book focuses on a crisis of rule in mid-20th-century Peru, a period when officials believed they had lost the ability to govern and communicated in secret code to protect themselves from imaginary subversives. \u003ci\u003eThe Encrypted State\u003c\/i\u003e engages the notion of sacropolitics—the politics of mass group sacrifice—to make sense of state delusion. Nugent interrogates the forces that variously enable or disable organized political subjection, and the role of state structures in this process. Investigating the role of everyday cultural practices and how affect and imagination structure political affairs, Nugent provides a greater understanding of the conditions of state formation, and failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: The Routine and the Remarkable in State Formation\u003cbr\u003e  1. Sacropolitics\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Descent into Madness\u003cbr\u003e  3. The Consolidation of Casta Rule\u003cbr\u003e  4. Being (and Seeing) Like a State\u003cbr\u003e  5. Divided Elite and Disordered State\u003cbr\u003e  6. The Sacropolitics of Military Conscription\u003cbr\u003e  7. The Sacropolitics of Labor Conscription\u003cbr\u003e  8. Glimpses of Danger and Subversion\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: Behind the Mask of the State\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610601189656,"sku":"9781503609037","price":47.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-encrypted-state-delusion-and-displacement-in-the-peruvian-andes-hardback-9781503609037","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}