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Starve and immolate the politics of human weapons

Title
Starve and immolate [electronic resource] : the politics of human weapons / Banu Bargu.
Author
Bargu, Banu.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.

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Description
1 online resource (xx, 480 pages)
Series Statement
New directions in critical theory
Uniform Title
Starve and immolate (Online)
Alternative Title
Starve and immolate (Online)
Subject
  • Hunger strikes > Turkey > History > 21st century
  • Protest movements > Turkey > History > 21st century
  • Prisoners > Civil rights > Turkey
  • Political prisoners > Turkey
  • Human body > Political aspects > Turkey
  • Government, Resistance to > Turkey
  • Turkey > Politics and government > 1980-
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : the death fast struggle and the weaponization of life -- Biosovereignty and necroresistance -- Crisis of sovereignty -- The biosovereign assemblage and its tactics -- Prisoners in revolt -- Marxism, martyrdom, memory -- Contentions within necroresistance -- Conclusion : from chains to bodies.
LCCN
2014001323
OCLC
ssj0001333836
Author
Bargu, Banu.
Title
Starve and immolate [electronic resource] : the politics of human weapons / Banu Bargu.
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
Series
New directions in critical theory
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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