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My life among the deathworks : illustrations of the aesthetics of authority

by Philip Rieff, James Davison Hunter

This first volume in a trilogy on sacred and social order analyses the aesthetics of authority and explores key developments in cultural theory.

Accession 22710 ISBN 9780813925165 Publisher University of Virginia
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