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Culture, Politics and Governing

The Contemporary Ascetics of Knowledge Production

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction: The Politics of Ascetics and Governing

    • Patricia Mooney Nickel
    Pages 1-22
  3. Back Matter

    Pages 145-191

About this book

Culture, Politics, and Governing: The Contemporary Ascetics of Knowledge Production is a critical, interdisciplinary approach to how the practices that govern the production of knowledge and culture have material consequences for how we experience everyday life.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

    Patricia Mooney Nickel

About the author

Patricia Mooney Nickel is Assistant Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs and Core Faculty in the ASPECT Program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US. She is the author of Public Sociology and Civil Society (2012) and editor of North American Critical Theory after Postmodernism (Palgrave, 2012).

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