Sorcerer's Apprentices and the ‘Will to Figuration’: The Ambiguous Heritage of the Collège de Sociologie

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 117-145

  Arppe, Tiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

affectivity; excess; myth; power; sacred

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349181080     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276409104971     Document Type: Article

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