The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene: A new crisis of legitimation and the brutalization of geo-social conflicts

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The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene : A new crisis of legitimation and the brutalization of geo-social conflicts. / Carleheden, Mikael; Schultz, Nikolaj Christian Busk.

I: Thesis Eleven, Bind 170, Nr. 1, 2022, s. 99-116 .

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Carleheden, M & Schultz, NCB 2022, 'The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene: A new crisis of legitimation and the brutalization of geo-social conflicts', Thesis Eleven, bind 170, nr. 1, s. 99-116 . https://doi.org/10.1177/07255136221104293

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Carleheden, M., & Schultz, N. C. B. (2022). The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene: A new crisis of legitimation and the brutalization of geo-social conflicts. Thesis Eleven, 170(1), 99-116 . https://doi.org/10.1177/07255136221104293

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Carleheden M, Schultz NCB. The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene: A new crisis of legitimation and the brutalization of geo-social conflicts. Thesis Eleven. 2022;170(1):99-116 . https://doi.org/10.1177/07255136221104293

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Carleheden, Mikael ; Schultz, Nikolaj Christian Busk. / The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene : A new crisis of legitimation and the brutalization of geo-social conflicts. I: Thesis Eleven. 2022 ; Bind 170, Nr. 1. s. 99-116 .

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