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- Title
Capitalism at Sea: Introduction: A Trident of Forces.
- Authors
Kosmatopoulos, Nikolas
- Abstract
In its will to tame the sea, its routes, and people, capitalism unleashed three intertwined forces: novel networks of circulation, refurbished regimes of violence, and new epistemic disciplines and lexicons, all twirled together into an embrace of forceful conquest and authoritative claim making on a global scale. One of the most salient features of this special section of Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, "Capitalism at Sea," is to reveal and reflect on these often submerged if not mystified violent currents of seaborne capitalism. Circling the seas from Alexandria to Bengal via the Gulf of Aden and the imaginary island of Robinson Crusoe, the special section takes a local-historical approach to the development of maritime capitalism that also charts instances of violence that include the enclosure of pastoral commons, the laying siege of ports, and enforced treaties of circulation and trade.
- Subjects
GULF of Aden; CAPITALISM; VIOLENCE; MARITIME contracts; COMMERCIAL law
- Publication
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, & the Middle East, 2022, Vol 42, Issue 1, p77
- ISSN
1089-201X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/1089201X-9698099