Severed Heads and Compliant Bodies? A speculation about principal identities

Discourse

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-59

  Thomson, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85040090269     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0159630042000178473     Document Type: Article

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