Barbed Wire

An Ecology of Modernity

Autor*innen

• Reviel Netz

Parameter

• 288 Seiten
• 11 Lesestunden

• Geschichte
• Ökologie & Umwelt
• Philosophie
• Sachliteratur
• Wissenschaftliche Theorien

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The book delves into the historical significance of barbed wire as a tool for control and oppression, tracing its evolution from 1874 to 1954. Reviel Netz examines its dual role in managing livestock during the American West's colonization and as a means of confinement in Nazi concentration camps and the Russian Gulag. The narrative highlights how barbed wire transformed the concept of physical control over space from a mere symbol to a tangible instrument of power and suffering.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Einband: Paperback