'I have some faith and at the same time I don't believe' - Cognitive polyphasia and cultural change in India

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-314

  Wagner, Wolfgang ^a   Duveen, Gerard ^b   Verma, Jyoti ^c   Themel, Matthias ^d  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PATNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cultural change; Mental illness; Social representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034214550     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1298(200007/08)10:4<301::AID-CASP585>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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