“Ouija board, are there any communications?” Agency, ontotheology, and the death of the humanist subject, or, continuing the ARS conversation

Rhetoric Society Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 83-105

  Gunn, Ioshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011465005     PISSN: 02773945     EISSN: 1930322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02773940509391323     Document Type: Article

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