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Book Title: Nihilism
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Nihilism
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: European / French, Sociology / General, General, Political Ideologies / General
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 7.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Social Science, Philosophy, Political Science
Author: Bulent Diken
Item Length: 7.8 in
Series: Key Ideas Ser.
Item Width: 7.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback