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The Social Reality as a “Given Fact of Law” – Between Modernist and Postmodernist Vision
Ramona DUMINICĂ Andreea DRĂGHICI
Postmodern Openings, 2012, Volume 3, Issue 4, December, pp: 85-96
The online version of this article can be found at:
http://postmodernopenings.com
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Lumen Publishing House
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Lumen Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences
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