Pluriversal Sovereignty and the State. Imperial Encounters in Sri Lanka, Paperback/Ajay Parasram

This book explains how the processes of ‘total territorial rule’ at the core of the modern international system became normalised in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). It develops a decolonial framework informed by a ‘pluriverse’ of multiple ontologies of sovereignty to argue that the state itself is an outcome of imperial globalisation. -- . Publisher: Manchester University Press Author(s): Ajay Parasram Illustration(s): 3 black & white illustrations Number of pages: 216 Collection: Theory for a Global Age Publication date: 2025 Dimensions: 139 x 215 x 15 Cover type: Paperback / softback