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From Financialization to Derivative Fascisms 从金融化到衍生法西斯主义

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Social Text Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1215/01642472-10383207

M. Haiven

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Life outside the Labor Process 劳动过程之外的生活

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Social Text Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1215/01642472-10383249

Jamie K. Mccallum

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Remembering Aronowitz 缅怀阿罗诺维茨

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Social Text Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1215/01642472-10383277

Michael Pelias

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“One Unique You” “一个独一无二的你”

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Social Text Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1215/01642472-10174982

Deanna Cachoian-Schanz, Katia Schwerzmann

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Wikipedia's Race and Ethnicity Gap and the Unverifiability of Whiteness 维基百科的种族和民族差距与白人的不可验证性

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Social Text Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1215/01642472-10174954

Michael Mandiberg

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Remains to Be Seen 有待观察

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Social Text Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1215/01642472-10174968

R. Carroll

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Black Soil 黑土

Social Text Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1215/01642472-10174940

Kimberly Bain

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Ruinous Speculation, Tunnel Environments, and the Sustainable Infrastructures of the Border 毁灭性的投机、隧道环境和边境的可持续基础设施

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Social Text Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1215/01642472-10013332

Juan Llamas-Rodriguez

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The Early Portuguese Slave Ship and the Infrastructure of Racial Capitalism 早期葡萄牙奴隶船与种族资本主义的基础设施

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Social Text Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1215/01642472-10013290

Anna More

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Siphoning and Sabotage 虹吸和破坏

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Social Text Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1215/01642472-10013346

S. Gerson

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