The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity
β Scribed by Jurgen Habermas, Thomas McCarthy, Frederick Lawrence
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 225
- Edition
- New Ed
- Category
- Library
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