Ngicela utshele iZNet ukuthi yini Impilo Ngaphansi Kwe-Jolly Roger: I-Reflections on Golden Age Piracy imayelana? Izama ukuxhumana nani?
Ukuphila Ngaphansi Kwe-Jolly Roger iwukuhlaziya "ubugebengu beminyaka eyigolide" - inkathi yobugebengu eyavela eCaribbean cishe ngo-1690 futhi yasakazekela e-Indian Ocean kanye noGwini lwaseNtshonalanga Afrika ngaphambi kokuchotshozwa yiziphathimandla cishe ngo-1725. Yinkathi esinikeze amagama adumile ezigelekeqe. njengo-Blackbeard, u-Bartholomew Roberts, u-Anne Bonny, noMary Read, kanye neningi lezithombe zama-archetypical pirate eziye zahlaba umxhwele izingqondo zethu kusukela - impumelelo Aashiqui uchungechunge luyisibonelo esisodwa nje.
Akuyona incwadi yomlando ngesethu. Imilando emihle yokugetshengwa kwegolide isivele ikhona, okokuqala nokubalulekile kaMarcus Rediker Ama-villains azo zonke Izizwe. Okuzama ukukwenza le ncwadi ukuhlaziya ukuthi ubugebengu beminyaka yegolide babusho ukuthini ngokwesiko, kwezomnotho nakwezepolitiki. Ibanga elibanzi lemiqondo yetiyori lisetshenziselwa ukuhlola ukwenzeka kwe-golden age pirate ngokujulile, ngezinkomba ezisuka ku-Pierre Clastres kuya ku-Michel Foucault, kusukela ku-Marshall Sahlins kuya ku-Mao Tse-Tung, kusukela ku-Eric J. Hobsbawm kuya ku-Friedrich Nietzsche. Le ncwadi ihlanganisa izahluko ezikhuluma ngobuhlanga, ubulili, ukukhubazeka, ubulili, inkolo, impi yabashokobezi, nezinye izihloko eziningi. Ingxenye ebalulekile inikezelwe ekuphenyeni ifa lezepolitiki lobugebengu beminyaka yegolide.
Ungakwazi yini ukutshela iZNet okuthile ngokubhala le ncwadi? Kuvelaphi okuqukethwe? Yini eyayenza le ncwadi ibe ukuthi iyini?
Ngase ngibhale indaba emfushane mayelana nokuphanga ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1990. Yaduma kakhulu kodwa kwakuyisiqephu sothando esingajabhisi esasebenzisa ubugebenga beminyaka yegolide njengesendlalelo sokwethula imibono ethile eqinile. Ngicabanga ukuthi kusebenzele lokho okwakuyikho, kodwa ngokuqinisekile kwakungelona isifundo esisekelwe kahle sokuhlangenwe nakho kwama-pirate.
Ngithole ithuba lokuphinda ngisebenze ngalesi sihloko ngo-Ramsey Kanaan kwa-PM Press, owaphakamisa lokho ngesikhathi sishintsha imibono ehlukene yokushicilela eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Njengoba kunezifundo eziningi ezikhathazayo okufanele zifundwe kunezigcwelegcwele zasolwandle, ngiye ngasebenza. Kulokhu ngifunde ngokucophelela izincwadi zomlando, ngabe sengisebenzisa okuningi kwethiyori eshiwo ngenhla. Lesi sakamuva ngijwayele ngisenyuvesi lapho ngenza khona iPh.D. kufilosofi.
Ukube bekufanele ngikufingqe, izingxenye ezintathu eziyinhloko zencwadi - engicabanga ukuthi, ziyenza ibe yilokho eyikho - ziwucwaningo olunzulu lwamarekhodi omlando wobugebengu benkathi yegolide, iqoqo lamathuluzi elibanzi lethiyori elihlanganisa ifilosofi, i-anthropology, isayensi yezokuhlalisana kwabantu, kanye nezifundo zamasiko, kanye nothando lwepolitiki nokuhlaziya ezombangazwe.
Ayini amathemba akho ngale ncwadi? Yini othemba ukuthi izofaka isandla noma izuze kwezepolitiki? Uma ubheka umzamo nezifiso onazo ngencwadi, yini ozoyibona iyimpumelelo? Yini engakushiya ujabule ngawo wonke umsebenzi? Yini engakushiya uzibuza ukuthi kufaneleka yini isikhathi nomzamo?
Ngifuna incwadi ikhuthaze futhi ivuse inkulumo-mpikiswano. Inkambu ye-"radical piratology" isencane impela. Miningi iminikelo emihle eyenziwe, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kuningi okusele okufanele sikuhlole futhi kuxoxwe. Inhloso yami bekuwukufaka isandla kulolu hlelo. Le ncwadi ngizoyibheka njengeyimpumelelo uma ngibona abantu beyisebenzisa njengesisekelo senkulumo-mpikiswano kanye nemibhalo eqhubekayo mayelana nobugebengu beminyaka yegolide.
Ngingadumala - njenganoma yimuphi umbhali, ngicabanga ukuthi - uma incwadi inganyamalala endaweni yokugcina umlando ngaphandle kokunakwa nhlobo. Cishe lokho kuwukuphela kokwesaba kwami. Angikhathazekile kakhulu ngokugxekwa. Ngokusobala, le ncwadi ayinawo amagama okugcina mayelana nobugebengu beminyaka yegolide. Ukusebenzelana okubalulekile kungasiyisa phambili kuphela.
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