Against the myth of aesthetic presence: A defence of Gadamer's critique of aesthetic consciousness

Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-310

  Gjesdal, Kristin ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449807685     PISSN: 00071773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071773.2005.11006551     Document Type: Article

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