Of the Contract

Of the Contract is a version of a text that is as old as any memory, or a form of legal instrument that constitutes the basis of the world in which its terms have been translated. The text remains as open to renewal as that world remains to future alteration, and the terms are both already past, and...

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Main Author: Clifton, Christopher (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY punctum books 2017
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