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The Imperial Archive: Knowledge and the Fantasy of Empire The Imperial Archive: Knowledge and the Fantasy of Empire by Thomas Richards
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“The superintending states no longer care what orders of knowledge they are collecting. They no longer care what knowledge is, so long as they have it. The state is neutral about knowledge so long as knowledge belongs to the state.”
Thomas Richards, The Imperial Archive: Knowledge and the Fantasy of Empire