{"product_id":"law-orientalism-and-postcolonialism-piyel-haldar-9780415962230","title":"Law, Orientalism and Postcolonialism: The Jurisdiction of the Lotus Eaters","description":"\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the 'problem' of pleasure \u003cem\u003eLaw, Orientalism and Postcolonialism\u003c\/em\u003e uncovers the organizing principles by which the legal subject was colonized. That occidental law was complicit in colonial expansion is obvious. What remains to be addressed, however, is the manner in which law and legal discourse sought to colonize individual subjects as subjects of law. It was through the permission of pleasure that modern Western subjects were refined and domesticated. Legally sanctioned outlets for private and social enjoyment instilled and continue to instil within the individual tight self-control over behaviour. There are, however, states of behaviour considered to be repugnant to, and in excess of, modern codes of civility. Drawing on a broad range of literature, (including classical jurisprudence, eighteenth century Orientalist scholarship, early travel literature, and nineteenth century debates surrounding the rule of law), yet concentrating on the experience of British India, the argument here is that such excesses were deemed to be an Oriental phenomenon. Through the encounter with the Orient and with the fantasy of its excess, Piyel Haldar concludes, the relationship between the subject and the law was transformed, and must therefore be re-assessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Piyel Haldar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415962234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415962230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge Cavendish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.43w x 0.77d","brand":"Piyel Haldar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064978059519,"sku":"9780415962230","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9fb46d69-09a7-4e9e-9078-3038187dea5a.jpg?v=1768672319","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/law-orientalism-and-postcolonialism-piyel-haldar-9780415962230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}