Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture

Sybille Krämer; Sigrid Weigel

Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture

Publikation: Bücher und Anthologien › Sammelwerke und Anthologien › Forschung

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Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture. / Krämer, Sybille (Herausgeber*in); Weigel, Sigrid (Herausgeber*in).
London: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2017. 294 S.

Publikation: Bücher und Anthologien › Sammelwerke und Anthologien › Forschung

Harvard

Krämer, S & Weigel, S (Hrsg.) 2017, Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture. Rowman & Littlefield International, London.

APA

Krämer, S., & Weigel, S. (Hrsg.) (2017). Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture. Rowman & Littlefield International.

Vancouver

Krämer S, (ed.), Weigel S, (ed.). Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History and Culture. London: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2017. 294 S.

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