The dark side of the loon. Explaining the temptations of obscurantism

Theoria (Sweden)

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 126-142

  Buekens, Filip ^a   Boudry, Maarten ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hermeneutics; Jacques Lacan; Loss aversion; Obscurantism; Psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926250445     PISSN: 00405825     EISSN: 17552567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/theo.12047     Document Type: Article

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