Appropriation, Activation and Acceleration: The Escalatory Logics of Capitalist Modernity and the Crises of Dynamic Stabilization

Theory, Culture and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 53-73

  Rosa, Hartmut ^a   Dörre, Klaus ^a   Lessenich, Stephan ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

acceleration; activation; appropriation; dynamic stabilization; growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008254170     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276416657600     Document Type: Article

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