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Critical Horizons
A Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory
Volume 17, 2016 - Issue 2: The Politics of Vulnerability
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All of Us Are Vulnerable, But Some Are More Vulnerable than Others: The Political Ambiguity of Vulnerability Studies, an Ambivalent Critique

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