Use beyond value: Giorgio agamben and a critique of capitalism

Rethinking Marxism

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-259

  Barkan, Joshua ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Giorgio agamben; Nomos; Police powers; Spatial order; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950732907     PISSN: 08935696     EISSN: 14758059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08935690902743450     Document Type: Article

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