J.G. Ballard’s Politics: Late Capitalism, Power, and the Pataphysics of Resistance 9783110490718, 9783110487893, 9783110635232

This book is the first sustained investigation of the political dimension in the work of J.G. Ballard. A product of and

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J.G. Ballard’s Politics: Late Capitalism, Power, and the Pataphysics of Resistance
9783110490718, 9783110487893, 9783110635232

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