Claudio Lomnitz proposes a new theorization of the Mexican state in relation to extreme violence, showing how the current crisis represents a fundamental shift in the relationship between the state and the economy in which the rule of law has eroded.
Claudio Lomnitz proposes a new theorization of the Mexican state in relation to extreme violence, showing how the current crisis represents a fundamental shift in the relationship between the state and the economy in which the rule of law has eroded.
Claudio Lomnitz is Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and the author of several books, including Nuestra América: Family in the Vertigo of Translation, The Return of Comrade Ricardo Flores Magón, and Death and the Idea of Mexico.
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Preamble ix 1. Interpretation of the “Torn Social Fabric” 1 2. The State Estranged from Itself 29 3. The Armed Wing of the Informal Economy 67 4. Regional Systems of the Criminal Economy 101 5. Island of Rights, Sea of Extortion 139 6. Contingency as the New Zeitgeist 171 Notes 197 Bibliography 203 Index 211
Preamble ix 1. Interpretation of the “Torn Social Fabric” 1 2. The State Estranged from Itself 29 3. The Armed Wing of the Informal Economy 67 4. Regional Systems of the Criminal Economy 101 5. Island of Rights, Sea of Extortion 139 6. Contingency as the New Zeitgeist 171 Notes 197 Bibliography 203 Index 211
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