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Book Title: Critique of Power : Reflective Stages in a Critical Social Theory
Number of Pages: 372 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Topic: General
Publication Year: 1993
Item Height: 0.8 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Philosophy
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Author: Axel Honneth
Item Length: 8.9 in
Book Series: Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
