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Capitalism, Temporality, Precarity: Utopian Form and its Discontents In Contemporary Literature and Theory 资本主义、时代性、不稳定性:当代文学与理论中的乌托邦形式及其不满

IF 0.2 4区社会学

Cultural Critique Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/cul.2022.0048

Greg Forter

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Return to Greco-Latinity 回到希腊拉丁语

IF 0.2 4区社会学

Cultural Critique Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/cul.2022.0043

Shad Naved

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Rethinking Freud and Marx through Afro-Atlantic Religions 通过非洲-大西洋宗教重新思考弗洛伊德和马克思

IF 0.2 4区社会学

Cultural Critique Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/cul.2022.0040

Brendon Nicholls

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On the Political Potential of Hating Movies 论讨厌电影的政治潜力

IF 0.2 4区社会学

Cultural Critique Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/cul.2022.0039

Kalling Heck

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Solidarity and The Ethical Turn 团结与伦理转向

IF 0.2 4区社会学

Cultural Critique Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/cul.2022.0049

Chad Lavin

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Aimé Césaire: Possession as Paradigm of Consciousness ai<s:1> csamsaire:作为意识范式的占有

IF 0.2 4区社会学

Cultural Critique Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/cul.2022.0046

J. Allen-Paisant

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The Long Moment in Racial Justice 种族正义的漫长时刻