{"product_id":"nostalgia-for-the-future-charles-piot-9780226669656","title":"Nostalgia for the Future: West Africa after the Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the end of the cold war, Africa has seen a dramatic rise in new political and religious phenomena, including an eviscerated privatized state, neoliberal NGOs, Pentecostalism, a resurgence in accusations of witchcraft, a culture of scamming and fraud, and, in some countries, a nearly universal wish to emigrate. Drawing on fieldwork in Togo, Charles Piot suggests that a new biopolitics after state sovereignty is remaking the face of one of the world's poorest regions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a country where playing the U.S. Department of State's green card lottery is a national pastime and the preponderance of cybercaf駸 and Western Union branches signals a widespread desire to connect to the rest of the world, \u003ci\u003eNostalgia for the Future\u003c\/i\u003e makes clear that the cultural and political terrain that underlies postcolonial theory has shifted. In order to map out this new terrain, Piot enters into critical dialogue with a host of important theorists, including Agamben, Hardt and Negri, Deleuze, and Mbembe. The result is a deft interweaving of rich observations of Togolese life with profound insights into the new, globalized world in which that life takes place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Piot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226669653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226669656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2011","brand":"Charles Piot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119458283775,"sku":"9780226669656","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_caf2a4d8-4d3a-44ed-ab4d-3698ec5b3429.jpg?v=1687409465","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nostalgia-for-the-future-charles-piot-9780226669656","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}