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Book Title: The Skeptic Disposition: Deconstruction, Ideology, And Other...
Number of Pages: 222 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Skeptic Disposition : Deconstruction, Ideology, and Other Matters
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: Movements / Deconstruction, General, American / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Philosophy
Author: Eugene Goodheart
Item Length: 9.4 in
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
