Agamben's geographies of modernity

Political Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-97

  Minca, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agamben; Ban; Camp; History of geography; Sovereign power; Space of exception

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY; MODERNITY; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL THEORY; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 33846534091     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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