Legitimate Social Change and Metaphysical Nonviolence
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Colombo Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2362-0633
DOI: 10.4038/cjmr.v3i2.30