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Book Title: Shortest Shadow : Nietzsche's Philosophy of the Two
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 5.4in
Author: Alenka Zupancic
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Movements / Psychoanalysis, Individual Philosophers, General, History & Surveys / Modern
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Year: 2003
Genre: Psychology, Philosophy
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Number of Pages: 202 Pages
