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Microbes and Sovereignty
2018. urn:nbn:hr:186:063564
Djordjevic, Edward
University of Rijeka
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Cultural Studies

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Djordjevic, E. (2018). Microbes and Sovereignty (Master's thesis). Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:063564

Djordjevic, Edward. "Microbes and Sovereignty." Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:063564

Djordjevic, Edward. "Microbes and Sovereignty." Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:063564

Djordjevic, E. (2018). 'Microbes and Sovereignty', Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 06 May 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:063564

Djordjevic E. Microbes and Sovereignty [Master's thesis]. Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2018 [cited 2024 May 06] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:063564

E. Djordjevic, "Microbes and Sovereignty", Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka, 2018. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:063564

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TitleMicrobes and Sovereignty
AuthorEdward Djordjevic
MentorSarah Czerny (mentor)
Committee memberSanja Puljar D'Alessio (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberSarah Czerny (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberBrigita Miloš (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of Cultural Studies)
Rijeka
Defense date and country2018-09-25, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Ethnology and Anthropology
Abstract
The text looks at the concepts of microbes and sovereignty, not only to reveal that there are any number of links between them, but also to problematize their respective categorization as ‘natural’ and ‘social’. By examining the historically contingent beginnings of contemporary notions of sovereignty, as well as the socio-historical context around the scientific ‘discovery’ of microbes, the thesis aims to show that the modern idea of sovereignty involves imposing two different frameworks of understanding onto the world: one for the social world (in which sovereignty applies), and the ‘natural’ world (beyond sovereignty). The ‘rediscovery’ of microbes in the second half of the 19th century was ostensibly the culmination of this dual framework of nature/society. However, more recent understandings of microbes have ended up disrupting this neat and familiar framework of nature/society. The disruption in turn requires the reconsideration not only of the strong division between the two, but a number of other concepts we have come to accept, such as individuality, positionality, sociality, agency, etc.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:186:063564
Study programmeTitle: Cultural Studies
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra kulturologije (magistar/magistra kulturologije)
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