Colonial Impotence

Benoît Henriet, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

lt;p>"This is a major contribution to the historiography of colonial central Africa and the growing literature on the concessionary model used in many different colonial contexts." - Jeremy Rich, Professor of History, Marywood University

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"This compelling book unveils the importance of hubris and self-deception in the deployment of colonial capitalism. Henriet recreates Leverville as a capitalistic site and a matrix of emotions and affects, of virtuous excesses and moral failures. His concept of 'impotence,' broadly conceptualized as a sexual, social, political, and economic formation, is an important addition to our knowledge of relations of power in the colony." - Florence Bernault, Centre d'histoire, Sciences Po (Paris)