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Economies of abandonment : social belonging and endurance in late liberalism / Elizabeth A. Povinelli.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Povinelli, Elizabeth A.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberalism--Social aspects--United States.
- Liberalism.
- Liberalism--Social aspects--Australia.
- Social structure.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2011
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume explores how contemporary governments, particularly in settler nations such as Australia and the United States, deflect social responsibility for the crushing harms experienced by communities living at the margins.
- Contents:
- The part that has no part
- The brackets of recognition
- Road kill : ethical substance, exhaustion, endurance
- Events of abandonment
- After good and evil, whither sacrificial love?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613303868
- 9781283303866
- 1283303868
- 9780822394570
- 082239457X
- OCLC:
- 761369092
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