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Practices of Speculation Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9783839447512-013

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Chapter 1: Cultures of Speculation—Histories of Speculation 第一章:思辨的文化——思辨的历史

Practices of Speculation Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839447512-002

Susanne Lachenicht

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Chapter 4: Lagging Realities 第四章:滞后的现实

Practices of Speculation Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839447512-005

J. Dumit

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Chapter 3: The Rule of Productivity and the Fear of Transgression 第三章:生产力的规则和对越界的恐惧

Practices of Speculation Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839447512-004

F. Raczkowski

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Frontmatter

Practices of Speculation Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9783839447512-fm

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Chapter 5: “La vie impossible” 第五章:“不可能的生活”

Practices of Speculation Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839447512-006

Melissa A. Wills

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Chapter 8: Scale and Speculative Futures in Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker and Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2312 第八章:罗素·霍本的《里德利·沃克》和金·斯坦利·罗宾逊的《2312》中的规模和投机期货

Practices of Speculation Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839447512-009

M. Hannah, S. Mayer

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Chapter 6: Spores of Speculation 第六章:投机的萌芽

Practices of Speculation Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839447512-007

Christoph Schemann

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Biographical Notes 传记的笔记

Practices of Speculation Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9783839447512-014

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Chapter 9: The Lifecycle of Software Engineers 第九章:软件工程师的生命周期

Practices of Speculation Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839447512-010

J. Carroll

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