The post-human society : : elemental contours of the aesthetic economy of the United States / / Rajani Kanth ; managing editor, Maria Laura Parisi ; associate editor, Ewa Feder-Sempach.

The Post-Human Society is a rich, unique, path-breaking, belletristic and literary 'crie de coeur' work - a lyrical expose of all the internal infelicities (social, political, aesthetic) of the United States of America. In its vivid contrasting of the mores of competition, avarice, and gre...

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Place / Publishing House:Warsaw ;, Berlin : : De Gruyter Open,, 2015.
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (100 pages)
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