266 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
266 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
266 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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 cinematic screen and the most acclaimed works of fiction. It casts its shadow over the liquid... Read more
Introduction Part I: Pirate Figures (1400-1800) 1. Persecutio Piratarum: Pirate Outlaws and the Roman Empire 2. The Christian Commonwealth: Pirates, Heretics and Inquisitors 3. Zones of plunder: Piracy and primitive accumulation 4. Enemies of All Nations: Piracy and the World Market, Intermezzo: The Romance of Piracy Part II Pirate Spectres (1800-2012) 5. The Empire of Free Trade: Liberal Universalism and the Pirate States 6. Pirate Spectres: Rightless Outlaws in the Age of Total War 7. Terrorists, Pirates and Rogue States: Global Police Today, Conclusion
Biography
Amedeo Policante is based in Department of Politics, Goldsmiths College
