'Homo Sacer' out of left field: Communist "slime" as bare life in 1930s and Second World War Sweden

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-475

  Landzelius, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agamben; Anti communism; Biopolitics; Biopower; Dehumanization; Foucault; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICAL HISTORY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33845247790     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.2006.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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