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The Circle of Bare Life: Hizballah, Muqawamah and Rejecting ? Being Thus?

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The Circle of Bare Life: Hizballah, Muqawamah and Rejecting ? Being Thus? . / Mabon, Simon Paul.
In: Politics, Religion and Ideology, Vol. 18, No. 1, 05.2017, p. 1-22.

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Mabon SP. The Circle of Bare Life: Hizballah, Muqawamah and Rejecting ? Being Thus? . Politics, Religion and Ideology. 2017 May;18(1):1-22. Epub 2017 Mar 8. doi: 10.1080/21567689.2017.1297236

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Mabon, Simon Paul. / The Circle of Bare Life : Hizballah, Muqawamah and Rejecting ? Being Thus? . In: Politics, Religion and Ideology. 2017 ; Vol. 18, No. 1. pp. 1-22.

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