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Ausgabe:

November/2016

Spalte:

1251–1252

Kategorie:

Philosophie, Religionsphilosophie

Autor/Hrsg.:

Figal, Günter

Titel/Untertitel:

Unscheinbarkeit. Der Raum der Phänomenologie.

Verlag:

Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2015. XII, 297 S. Lw. EUR 74,00. ISBN 978-3-16-153711-0; unveränd. Studienausgabe 2016. Kart. EUR 39,00. ISBN 978-3-16-154346-3.

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