Volatile worlds, vulnerable bodies: Confronting abrupt climate change

Theory, Culture and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 31-53

  Clark, Nigel ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bataille; Complexity; Disaster; Environmental politics; Ethics; Excess; Justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952607496     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276409356000     Document Type: Article

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