The turn to agency: Neoliberalism, individuality, and subjectivity in late-twentieth-century anglophone archaeology

Rethinking Marxism

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-384

  Patterson, Thomas C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Agency; Identity; Neoliberalism; Subjectivity; The individual

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247655874     PISSN: 08935696     EISSN: 14758059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08935690500122172     Document Type: Article

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