Can one explain the power of global capitalism without attributing to capital a logic and coherence it does not have? Can one account for the power...
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Sep 26, 2011
محمد
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شكرا للسباعي ويونس على الترجمة الرائعة.
للمؤلف قدرة هائلة على الربط بين مجموعة ضخمة من الحوادث، ربطاً منطقياً محكماً، بحيث يستنتج في نهاية الفصلين الاول والثاني إلى أن أعمال المرء قد تودي به في النهاية.
استنتاجات الفصلين الأول والثاني منطقية ولا يشوبها أي خطأ. لكن الأمور ليست بمثل هذه البساطة، والاستنتاج المنطقي قد لا يكون حقيقياً بالضرورة.
أقرأ الآن الفصل الرابع، لا أستطيع مقاومة كتابة عدة كلمات هنا على سبيل التخفيف عن النفس، يدرس المؤلف كتابين شهيرين عن الفلاح المصري، واحد كتبه More...
للمؤلف قدرة هائلة على الربط بين مجموعة ضخمة من الحوادث، ربطاً منطقياً محكماً، بحيث يستنتج في نهاية الفصلين الاول والثاني إلى أن أعمال المرء قد تودي به في النهاية.
استنتاجات الفصلين الأول والثاني منطقية ولا يشوبها أي خطأ. لكن الأمور ليست بمثل هذه البساطة، والاستنتاج المنطقي قد لا يكون حقيقياً بالضرورة.
أقرأ الآن الفصل الرابع، لا أستطيع مقاومة كتابة عدة كلمات هنا على سبيل التخفيف عن النفس، يدرس المؤلف كتابين شهيرين عن الفلاح المصري، واحد كتبه More...
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Jul 04, 2007
Anders
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Mitchell is one of the best history writers out there, and this is seriously one of the best history books I've read, if not the best. Truthfully, the title sums the book up in a way I can't: Egypt, techno-politics, and modernity. If you like any of those topics, you'll freak out over this book. There's not a clunker in this book, they're all riveting in their own way. Broadly, the book discusses "the relationship between expertise and the world to which it refers-- a world that, on closer
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Dec 04, 2009
S
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Wow. Who would expect this???! For me the first two parts (especially the first couple of chapters) were eye-opening. I am inspired by his argument of the bifurcation of the world in modernity --- reminds me of Giddens' "consequences of modernity" in that we always "trust" the system but we really don't know how it works. "Colonial relationship" is only one element in his story of Egypt -- just an enforcer of these processes.
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Oct 21, 2011
Meghan
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Mosquitoes can speak.
Timothy Mitchell's "Rule of Experts" is a ground breaking analysis on the creation of the contemporary Egyptian state through a failed colonialism which left with the the failing of it's 'development.' Chapters 4 and 6, which focus on the peasant during transitory times, highlight the inability of the state to feed itself, the message of chapter 7.
Timothy Mitchell's "Rule of Experts" is a ground breaking analysis on the creation of the contemporary Egyptian state through a failed colonialism which left with the the failing of it's 'development.' Chapters 4 and 6, which focus on the peasant during transitory times, highlight the inability of the state to feed itself, the message of chapter 7.
Jul 15, 2010
lilly
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Interesting history of how something taken for granted as natural and pre-existing, "the economy" (in the macroeconomic sense), actually was created in egypt through acts of violence (creating and enforcing particular schemes of private property) and transnational experts applying "universal" social scientific principles. Heavy hitting theory implications and might have some intimidating theory speak in the conclusions of each chapter, but the histories themselves are quite r
Feb 26, 2011
Pete
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The best aspect of this is Mitchell’s tracing of the complex ways in which governmental (often developmental) interventions take shape through a variety of agencies, and the extremely broad range of mitigating, contingent factors they encounter as they unfold. Chapters 1 and 3 exemplify this approach. Chapter 7 is a decent case study of Egypt as it has been envisioned by developers, providing an object lesson in the many criticisms of international economic development (most of which have been
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Jun 10, 2009
Racheal
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One of the most insightful and fascinating books I have ever read.
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Dec 17, 2009
Naeem
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Mind-blowing for someone trying to think about cultural political economy. Mitchell is seamless in incorporating nature, culture, and political economy into a tale not only about Egypt but also about global capitalism.
He is a bit posty for my tastes and I have only read the first 120 pages or so (life got in the way), but I have marked he and his thinking as something I will have to understand and come to terms with.
He is a bit posty for my tastes and I have only read the first 120 pages or so (life got in the way), but I have marked he and his thinking as something I will have to understand and come to terms with.
Oct 12, 2011
Sam
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I liked the first part, was bored by the second part, and distracted while reading the third part. Still, enjoyed it overall. I imagine I will keep thinking back to this one for a while.
Dec 17, 2007
Dagezi
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For all of Mitchell's daunting rep, my undergrads actually kind of dug this. An angry book that doesn't seem angry at first.
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