{"product_id":"laughing-at-leviathan-sovereignty-and-audience-in-west-papua-chicago-studies-in-practices-of-meaning-9780226731971","title":"Laughing at Leviathan  Sovereignty and Audience","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor West Papua and its people, the promise of sovereignty has never been realized, despite a long struggle for independence from Indonesia. The author examines this struggle through a series of essays that drive at the core meaning of sovereignty itself - how it is fueled, formed, and even thwarted by pivotal but often overlooked players.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At the core of Laughing at Leviathan is a heart-wrenching story: a subtle tracing of the historical disjunctions and disseminations of empire and nationalism that have not led to a new nation in Melanesia. It is a kind of prehistory to a sovereignty that never comes. In writing the prehistory of a form of sovereignty that has neither failed nor succeeded, Danilyn Rutherford also provides a searing metacommentary on sovereignty itself.\" (Elizabeth Povinelli, Columbia University)\"","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036576612695,"sku":"9780226731971","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226731971.jpg?v=1750932412","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/laughing-at-leviathan-sovereignty-and-audience-in-west-papua-chicago-studies-in-practices-of-meaning-9780226731971","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}