Material powers :: cultural studies, history and the material turn /

This edited collection is a major contribution to the current development of a 'material turn' in the social sciences and humanities. It does so by exploring new understandings of how power is made up and exercised by examining the role of material infrastructures in the organization of st...

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Weitere Verfasser: Bennett, Tony, 1947-, Joyce, Patrick
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Schriftenreihe:Culture, economy and the social.
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Zusammenfassung:This edited collection is a major contribution to the current development of a 'material turn' in the social sciences and humanities. It does so by exploring new understandings of how power is made up and exercised by examining the role of material infrastructures in the organization of state power and the role of material cultural practices in the organization of colonial forms of governance. A diverse range of historical examples is drawn on in illustrating these concerns - from the role of territorial engineering projects in seventeenth-century France through the development of.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781134015160
113401516X
9780203883877
020388387X
1299626246
9781299626249