BEYOND THE JOLLY ROGER: UNDERSTANDING PIRACY'S ROLE IN DISRUPTING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

dc.contributor.advisor Grove, Jairus
dc.contributor.author Shah, Riddhi
dc.contributor.department Political Science
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-02T23:41:01Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.description.degree Ph.D.
dc.embargo.liftdate 2026-06-24
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10125/108303
dc.subject Political science
dc.subject Indian Ocean
dc.subject Necroeconomy
dc.subject Piracy
dc.subject Politics of Possibility
dc.subject Resistance
dc.title BEYOND THE JOLLY ROGER: UNDERSTANDING PIRACY'S ROLE IN DISRUPTING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
dc.type Thesis
dcterms.abstract The dissertation transcends the conventional understanding of piracy as the archetypal foe of all nations to expose the complex interplay between security discourses, racial politics, and economic imperatives in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The study unveils how piracy operated as a catalyst for redefining the logic governing the IOR to allow it to emerge as a unique space of exception that facilitated the movement of goods, people, and data vital to the liberal economy. Risk technologies introduced to counter the threat of piracy contributed to the circulation of images of the modern pirate as dangerous coloured bodies in Indian Ocean further influencing political decision-making. Perceived as jobless and unemployable, ‘pirates’ were transformed into “death-subjects” - valuable only when dead.
dcterms.extent 193 pages
dcterms.language en
dcterms.publisher University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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dcterms.type Text
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