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Examines contemporary collective creation practices, with particular focus on the work of four ""third wave"" American performance... Læs mere
In this first English publication of a well-known and widely respected Italian scholar, readers will encounter the preeminent interpreter of the works of Maurice Merleau-Ponty engaged in a dialogue of critical concern to contemporary philosophy.
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