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A provocative retelling of the story of political corruption in the modern period.
In this provocative retelling of the story of political corruption in the modern period, Ruth A. Miller argues that narratives of political corruption rely upon an explicitly pornographic rhetoric and have been instrumental in carving out lawless or exceptional space. Drawing upon an extensive and wide-ranging literature, she examines corruption, the erotic, and legal exceptionalism as they appear in media representations of Saddam Hussein as "corrupt leader," nineteenth-century political cartoons, Pier Pasolini's film Salo, Ernst Kantorowicz's theorization of the body politic, Giorgio Agamben's analysis of biopolitics, and Achille Mbembe's discussion of the postcolony. Miller comments on both the erotic nature of the state of exception and colonial or postcolonial manifestations of it, and presents a new voice in ongoing conversations about law, violence, and sexuality in the contemporary world.
Contents
Introduction
Corruption, Democracy, and the Colony
A Vocabulary of Corruption
Theoretical Framework
An Overview
Conclusion
1. Political Corruption as Sexual Deviance: A Literature Review
The Body Politic
The Developing State and Its Infantile Transgression
Striptease: Political Transparency and Self-Regarding Behavior
Incest, Cannibalism, and Corporate Responsibility
Conclusion
2. Celebrating the Corrupt Leader
Pornography and Testimony
Getting to Know Abdul and Saddam
Developing State, Developing Star
Body Doubles and Doubled Bodies
Confession
Conclusion
3. Condemning the Corrupt System
Biopolitical Space and Totalitarian Space
Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom
Bandits and Bureaucrats
The Portable Torture Nation
Bribery, Nepotism, and Decay
Dehumanizing Bureaucracies
Conclusion
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
