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Mysteries and conspiracies : detective stories, spy novels and the making of modern societies
- Title
- Mysteries and conspiracies : detective stories, spy novels and the making of modern societies / Luc Boltanski ; translated by Catherine Porter.
- Author
- Boltanski, Luc
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, [2014]
- ©2014
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Porter, Catherine, 1941-
- Description
- xviii, 340 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Through an exploration of the work of the great masters of detective stories and spy novels - G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Le Carré and Graham Greene among others - Boltanski shows that these works of fiction and imagination tell us something fundamental about the nature of modern societies and the modern state.--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- French voices
- Uniform Title
- Énigmes et complots. English
- Alternative Title
- Énigmes et complots.
- Mysteries & conspiracies
- Detective stories, spy novels and the making of modern societies
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Originally published in French by Éditions Gallimard, Paris in 2012.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-323) and index.
- Contents
- REALITY versus Reality -- The inquiries of a London detective -- The inquiries of a Paris policeman -- Identifying secret agents -- The endless inquiries of 'paranoids' -- Regulating sociological inquiry -- Epilogue : and history copied literature.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-7641
- ISBN
- 0745664040
- 9780745664040
- 0745664059
- 9780745664057
- LCCN
- 2014495265
- OCLC
- 891650108
- Author
- Boltanski, Luc, author.
- Title
- Mysteries and conspiracies : detective stories, spy novels and the making of modern societies / Luc Boltanski ; translated by Catherine Porter.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Edition
- English edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- French voices
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-323) and index.
- Added Author
- Porter, Catherine, 1941- translator.
- Cover Title
- Mysteries & conspiracies
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-7641