Untertitel:: Anthropological Approaches to Freedom and Political Ethics
Verlag:: PLUTO PRESS
Erschienen:: 20.11.2007
Seitenanzahl:: 216
EAN:: 9781849643689
Sprache:: Englisch
Format:: PDF
Schutz:: Adobe-DRM
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