Debating Humanity: Towards a Philosophical Sociology
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0094-3061,1939-8638
DOI: 10.1177/0094306118815500g