Is the Western Conception of the Self “Peculiar” within the Context of the World Cultures?

Ethos

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 107-153

  SPIRO, MELFORD E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84985847753     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/eth.1993.21.2.02a00010     Document Type: Article

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