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Freedom, Creativity, and Decision in Recovering the Human Subject

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2018

By
Barbara Bodenhorn ,
Martin Holbraad  and
James Laidlaw
Edited by
James Laidlaw ,
Barbara Bodenhorn  and
Martin Holbraad
James Laidlaw
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Barbara Bodenhorn
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Martin Holbraad
Affiliation:
University College London
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Recovering the Human Subject
Freedom, Creativity and Decision
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