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UNINA9910809273103321 |
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Titolo |
Political matter : technoscience, democracy, and public life / / Bruce Braun and Sarah J. Whatmore, editors |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (360 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BraunBruce <1964-> |
WhatmoreSarah |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Materialism - Political aspects |
Political science |
Technology - Political aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; The Stuff of Politics: An Introduction; Part I. Rematerializing Political Theory: Things Forcing Thought; 1. Including Nonhumans in Political Theory: Opening Pandora's Box?; 2. Thing-Power; 3. Materiality, Experience, and Surveillance; Part II. Technological Politics: Affective Objects and Events; 4. Materialist Politics: Metallurgy; 5. Plastic Materialities; 6. Halos: Making More Room in the World for New Political Orders; Part III. Political Technologies: Public (Dis)Orderings |
7. Front-staging Nonhumans: Publicity as a Constraint on the Political Activity of Things8. The Political Technology of RU486: Time for the Body and Democracy; 9. Infrastructure and Event: The Political Technology of Preparedness; 10. Faitiche-izing the People: What Representative Democracy Might Learn from Science Studies; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An engaging collection that explores the politics of material objects. |
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