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The microbial state: Global thriving and the body politic
University of Minnesota Press
2017
Abstract
For three centuries, concepts of the state have been animated by one of the most powerful metaphors in politics: the body politic, a claustrophobic and bounded image of sovereignty. Climate change, neoliberalism, mass migration, and other aspects of the late Anthropocene have increasingly revealed the limitations of this metaphor. Just as the human body is not whole and separate from other bodies-comprising microbes, bacteria, water, and radioactive isotopes-Stefanie R. Fishel argues that the body politic of the state exists in dense entanglement with other communities and forms of life.
Details
- Title
- The microbial state: Global thriving and the body politic
- Authors
- Stefanie Fishel (Author) - University of Alabama, United States
- Publication details
- 144
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Date published
- 2017
- ISBN
- 9781452955476
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450981902621
- Output Type
- Book
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