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Junto con (Trans)formaciones del Estado en los márgenes de Latinoamérica (2011) y Formas reales de la dominación del Estado (2014) Este volumen conforma una trilogía destinada a la comprensión del poder y lo político mediante estudios socioantropológicos e históricos que abordan diversos niveles y dimensiones del Estado. En dichos estudios, éste nunca aparece a priori como un objeto conceptual o empírico, sino, acaso, como una máscara de las relaciones de dominación, una representación colectiva heterogénea o una malograda pretensión unificadora del funcionamiento del poder....

Juan Miranda, un cartagenero de condición libre, padeció esclavitud en Nueva York en el siglo XVIII. Aun adolescente, enfurecidos corsarios de Curazao lo atraparon en un navío en la costa de Venezuela, hacia 1733. Miranda estuvo preso en la isla neerlandesa; sin embargo, un capitán inglés lo sacó del encierro y, con falsas promesas, lo condujo a Nueva York. Con trucos y disimulos, resultó esclavizado en la urbe. A los veinte años de esclavitud, se atrevió a solicitar su libertad con el apoyo del británico William Kempe, el nuevo fiscal general de la ciudad. Los Van Ranst,...

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