Starve and Immolate - The Politics of Human Weapons

Tells the story of leftist political prisoners in Turkey who waged a deadly struggle against the introduction of high security prisons by forging their lives into weapons.

Sommario

AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: The Death Fast Struggle and the Weaponization of Life1. Biosovereignty and Necroresistance2. Crisis of Sovereignty3. The Biosovereign Assemblage and Its Tactics4. Prisoners in Revolt5. Marxism6. Contentions Within NecroresistanceConclusion: From Chains to BodiesNotesBibliographyIndex9/18/2013 06_barg16340_00_toc.doc: 1

Info autore

Banu Bargu is associate professor of politics at the New School.

Riassunto

Tells the story of leftist political prisoners in Turkey who waged a deadly struggle against the introduction of high security prisons by forging their lives into weapons.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Banu Bargu, Banu (New School for Social Research) Bargu, Bargu Banu
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.09.2014
• EAN: 9780231163408
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16340-8
• Pagine: 512
• Serie: New Directions in Critical Theory; New Directions in Critical Theory
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, social and political philosophy, Middle Eastern history, Political ideologies and movements