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Dismembered: Citizen Sacrifice in Rousseau's "The Levite of Ephraïm"

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Dismembered: Citizen Sacrifice in Rousseau's "The Levite of Ephraïm". / Bradley, Arthur Humphrey.
In: Review of Politics, Vol. 81, No. 2, 01.05.2019, p. 231-253.

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Bradley, AH 2019, 'Dismembered: Citizen Sacrifice in Rousseau's "The Levite of Ephraïm"', Review of Politics, vol. 81, no. 2, pp. 231-253. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034670518001171

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Bradley, A. H. (2019). Dismembered: Citizen Sacrifice in Rousseau's "The Levite of Ephraïm". Review of Politics, 81(2), 231-253. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034670518001171

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Bradley AH. Dismembered: Citizen Sacrifice in Rousseau's "The Levite of Ephraïm". Review of Politics. 2019 May 1;81(2):231-253. doi: 10.1017/S0034670518001171

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Bradley, Arthur Humphrey. / Dismembered : Citizen Sacrifice in Rousseau's "The Levite of Ephraïm". In: Review of Politics. 2019 ; Vol. 81, No. 2. pp. 231-253.

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