Postmodern Prometheus: (Anti)Humanist Roots of Transhumanism
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Филолог – часопис за језик, књижевност и културу
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2233-1158,1986-5864
DOI: 10.7251/fil1410215z