The cultural turn and the civilizational approach

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-82

  Arnason, Johann P ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Civilizations; Culture; Explanation; Hermeneutics; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949343477     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431009355866     Document Type: Article

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