From the sacred to the sacred object: Girard, serres, and latour on the ordering of the human collective

Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-122

  Sayes, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Girard; Latour; Quasi Object; Religion; Serres; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875348398     PISSN: 01617249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/techne201216211     Document Type: Article

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