Deforming the Figure: Topology and the Social Imaginary

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 261-287

  Lash, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

figure; form; social imaginary; structural coupling; symbolic; topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867069286     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276412448829     Document Type: Article

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