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Žižek's Pandemic

Cultural Politics: An International Journal Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1215/17432197-8797613

M. Featherstone

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引用次数: 1

Next exit : drift culture 下一个出口:漂移文化

Cultural Politics: An International Journal Pub Date : 2015-03-01 DOI: 10.1215/17432197-2842795

N. Camp

引用次数: 0

The Neoliberal Subject of Value: Measuring Human Capital in Information Economies 新自由主义的价值主体:信息经济中人力资本的衡量

Cultural Politics: An International Journal Pub Date : 2014-11-01 DOI: 10.1215/17432197-2795729

N. Doorn

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引用次数: 37

Chinese Bulimia Utopia, Dystopia, and The Fat Years 中国暴食症的乌托邦、反乌托邦和丰年

Cultural Politics: An International Journal Pub Date : 2014-07-01 DOI: 10.1215/17432197-2651765

M. Featherstone

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引用次数: 0

The History of the Black Box: The Clash of a Thing and Its Concept 黑盒子的历史:事物与概念的冲突

Cultural Politics: An International Journal Pub Date : 2011-03-01 DOI: 10.2752/175174311X12861940861707

Philipp von Hilgers

引用次数: 16

(THE WAR ON) TERRORISM: DESTRUCTION, COLLAPSE, MIXTURE, RE-ENFORCEMENT, CONSTRUCTION (对恐怖主义的)战争:破坏，崩溃，混合，重新执行，建设

Cultural Politics: An International Journal Pub Date : 2008-07-01 DOI: 10.2752/175174308X310893

L. A. D. Vries

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引用次数: 2

Critique beyond resentment: an introduction to Peter Sloterdijk’s jovial modernity 超越怨恨的批判:介绍彼得·斯洛特戴克的快乐现代性

Cultural Politics: An International Journal Pub Date : 2007-11-01 DOI: 10.2752/175174307X226861

S. Tuinen

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引用次数: 13

Special Issue: Just Targets 特刊:Just Targets

Cultural Politics: An International Journal Pub Date : 2006-03-01 DOI: 10.2752/174321906778054655

R. Bishop, Gregory Clancey, J. Phillips

引用次数: 0