Fantasy Machine: Philanthrocapitalism as an Ideological Formation

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1144-1161

  Wilson, Japhy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fantasy; Ideology; Jouissance; Millennium villages project; Philanthrocapitalism; Slavoj i ek

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; GOVERNMENT; INNOVATION; MARKETING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; VILLAGE;

UGANDA;

EID: 84927600848     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2014.926102     Document Type: Article

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