Coetzee, Agamben, and the Passion of Abu Ghraib

American Anthropologist

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 114-123

  Caton, Steven C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evil; Sovereignty; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144489387     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2006.108.1.114     Document Type: Article

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