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Enigmas of Identity /

"We know that it matters crucially to be able to say who we are, why we are here, and where we are going," Peter Brooks writes in Enigmas of Identity. Many of us are also uncomfortably aware that we cannot provide a convincing account of our identity to others or even ourselves. Despite or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brooks, Peter, 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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