The Cognition of hardship experience in Himalayan Pilgrimage

Numen

Volumn 58, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 632-673

  Nordin, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cognition; exchange; hardship; Hindu pilgrimage; moral intuition; Nepal; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051856506     PISSN: 00295973     EISSN: 15685276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156852711X593287     Document Type: Article

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