How to make up one's mind: Reason, passion, and ethics in spirit possession

University of Toronto Quarterly

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 720-741

  Lambek, Michael ^a  

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Author keywords

Action; Ethics; Models of mind; Passion; Reason; Spirit possession

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954829668     PISSN: 00420247     EISSN: 17125278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/utq.79.2.720     Document Type: Review

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