Body Utopianism: Prosthetic Being Between Enhancement and Estrangement

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Body Utopianism : Prosthetic Being Between Enhancement and Estrangement. / Bork Petersen, Franziska.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. 311 s. (Palgrave Studies in Utopianism).

Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Bog › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Bork Petersen, F 2022, Body Utopianism: Prosthetic Being Between Enhancement and Estrangement. Palgrave Studies in Utopianism, Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97486-2

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Bork Petersen, F. (2022). Body Utopianism: Prosthetic Being Between Enhancement and Estrangement. Palgrave Macmillan. Palgrave Studies in Utopianism https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97486-2

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Bork Petersen F. Body Utopianism: Prosthetic Being Between Enhancement and Estrangement. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. 311 s. (Palgrave Studies in Utopianism). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97486-2

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Bork Petersen, Franziska. / Body Utopianism : Prosthetic Being Between Enhancement and Estrangement. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. 311 s. (Palgrave Studies in Utopianism).

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