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Dialectic Of Enlightenment

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Book Title: Dialectic Of Enlightenment

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Author: MAX Horkheimer, Theodor w. Adorno

Publication Name: Dialectic of Enlightenment

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Ser.

Publication Year: 2002

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Item Weight: 19 Oz

Number of Pages: 304 Pages

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