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Political matter : technoscience, democracy, and public life / Bruce Braun and Sarah J. Whatmore, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Materialism--Political aspects.
- Materialism.
- Political science.
- Technology--Political aspects.
- Technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (360 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An engaging collection that explores the politics of material objects.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-7495-7
- OCLC:
- 698116891
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