Declining Performativity: Butler, Whitehead and Ecologies of Concern

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-123

  Bell, Vikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A.N. Whitehead; ecology; informed matter; intra activity; Isabelle Stengers; Judith Butler; performativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858013734     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276412438413     Document Type: Article

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