The Occupy Movement in Žižek's hometown: Direct democracy and a politics of becoming

American Ethnologist

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-258

  Razsa, Maple ^a   Kurnik, Andrej ^b  

^a Colby College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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EID: 84860674480     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2012.01361.x     Document Type: Article

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