The Culture of Abstraction

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 57-75

  Toscano, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abstraction; capitalism; commodity; culture; exchange; Marx; mathematics; Sohn Rethel; Whitehead; i ek

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649087580     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276408091983     Document Type: Article

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