Foucault's Monsters and the Challenge of Law

Foucault's Monsters and the Challenge of Law
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9781135182656
ISBN-13 : 1135182655
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Download or read book Foucault's Monsters and the Challenge of Law written by Alex Sharpe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the legal category 'monster' from theoretical and historical perspectives and deploys this category in order to understand contemporary anxieties surrounding transsexuals, conjoined twins and transgenic humans.


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