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In Colonial Impotence, Benoît Henriet studies the violent contradictions of colonial rule from the standpoint of the Leverville concession, Belgian Congo’s largest palm oil exploitation. Leverville was imagined as a benevolent tropical utopia, whose Congolese workers would be "civilized" through a paternalist machinery. However, the concession was marred by inefficiency, endemic corruption and intrinsic brutality. Colonial agents in the field could be seen as impotent, for they were both unable and unwilling to perform as expected. This book offers a new take on the joint experience of colonialism and capitalism in Southwest Congo, and sheds light on their impact on local environments, bodies, societies and cosmogonies. (Provided by publisher)

HISTORY / Africa / General. --- Capitalism. --- Colonialism. --- Palm oil. --- Unilever. --- Logging --- History --- Congo (Democratic Republic) --- Forest harvesting --- Pulpwood --- Timber --- Trees --- Harvesting --- Lumbering --- Forestry engineering --- Forests and forestry --- Exploitation forestière --- Congo belge --- Pratique déloyale --- Huile de palme --- Commerce --- Industrie --- État indépendant du Congo --- Palm oil industry --- Corrupt practices --- Colonial influence. --- #SBIB:949.3H4 --- #SBIB:96G --- #SBIB:39A4 --- #SBIB:39A73 --- Vegetable oil industry --- Koloniale en diplomatieke geschiedenis van België (wereldoorlogen) --- Geschiedenis van Afrika --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Congo DR --- Congo (Kinshasa) --- Congo (Leopoldville) --- Democratic Republic of Congo --- Democratic Republic of the Congo --- Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo --- DR Congo --- DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) --- DRK (Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Kongo) --- Kongo --- R.D. Congo --- RD Congo --- RDC (République démocratique du Congo) --- Republic of Congo (Leopoldville) --- Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) --- République démocratique du Congo --- République du Congo (Leopoldville) --- Belgian Congo --- Zaire --- Capitalism --- Colonialism --- Palm oil --- Unilever --- History of Congo --- anno 1910-1919 --- anno 1920-1929 --- anno 1930-1939 --- 1900-1999