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1、ThePirateMythTheimageofthepirateisatoncespectralandubiquitous.Ithauntstheimaginationofinternationallegalscholars,diplomatsandstatesmeninvolvedinthewaronterror.Itreturnsintheheadlinesofinternationalnewspapersasanuntimely‘securitythreat’.Itmaterializesonthem
2、ostprovincialcinematicscreenandthemostacclaimedworksoffiction.ItcastsitsshadowovertheliquidspatialityoftheNet,wherecyber-activists,file-sharersandalargepartoftheglobalyoutharecondemnedaspirates,oftenembracingthatdefinitionwithprideratherthanresentment.Today,t
3、hepirateremainsapowerfulpoliticalicon,embodyingatoncethepersistentnightmareofananomicwildernessatthefringeofcivilization,andthefantasyofapossibleanarchicfreedombeyondtherigidnormsofthestateandofthemarket.Andyet,whataretheoriginsofthispersistent‘piratemyth’
4、intheWesternpoliticalimagination?Canwetracethehistoricaltrajectorythathaschargedthisambiguousfigurewiththeemotional,politicalandimaginarytensionsthatcontinuetocharacterizeit?Whatcanwelearnfromthehistoryofpiracyandthewaysinwhichitintertwineswiththehistoryofi
5、mperialismandinternationaltrade?Drawingoninternationallaw,politicaltheory,andpopularliterature,ThePirateMythoffersanauthoritativegenealogyofthisimmortalpoliticalandculturalicon,showingthatthehistoryofpiracy–thedifferentwaysinwhichpirateshavebeenused,outlaw
6、edandsuppressedbythemajorglobalpowers,butalsofantasized,imaginedandromanticisedbypopularculture–canshedunexpectedlightonthedifferentformsofviolencethatremainatthebasisofourcontemporaryglobalorder.ThePirateMyth:GenealogiesofanImperialConceptwillthereforebeo
7、fimmenseinteresttothoseworkingandresearchinginlaw,politicsandhistory.AmedeoPolicanteisAssistantProfessorofPoliticalTheoryandInternationalRelationsattheUniversityofNottingham.LawandthePostcolonial:Ethics,Politics,&EconomySerieseditedbyProfDeniseFerreiradaSi
8、lvaQueenMary,UniversityofLondonDrMarkA.HarrisLaTrobeUniversity,MelbourneDrBrennaBhandarSOAS,UniversityofLondonLawandthePostcolonial:Ethics,Politics,&Economyseekstoexpandthecriticalscopeofracial,postcolonial,a
