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Routledge Material Powers: Cultural Studies and History

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Material Powers: Cultural Studies, History and the Material Turn: 4 (CRESC) offers a significant look into the current developments within the social sciences and humanities. Published by Routledge, this edited collection examines the material turn by looking at how power is constructed and used through physical means. The text explores how material infrastructures help organize state power and how material cultural practices shape colonial governance. By looking at diverse historical examples, the book provides a deep understanding of these complex relationships. Readers can study various case studies, ranging from seventeenth-century French territorial engineering projects to the development of postal systems. This volume is a valuable resource for scholars and students interested in anthropology, sociology, and the history of power. It provides a framework for understanding the role of physical objects and systems in social and political organization.

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Explores the material turn in social sciences and humanities through an edited collection of academic research.

Examines how material infrastructures function in the organization of state power.

Analyzes the role of material cultural practices in the organization of colonial forms of governance.

Includes diverse historical examples such as seventeenth-century French territorial engineering projects.

Provides insights into the development of postal systems and their connection to power.

Offers a scholarly perspective on the relationship between material objects and social organization.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0415483034
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 08 April 2010
Listed Since: 06 November 2008

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