Is Hell the Other? Kierkegaard and Sartre on the Dialectic of Recognition

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Is Hell the Other? Kierkegaard and Sartre on the Dialectic of Recognition. / Söderquist, K. Brian.

In: Kierkegaard Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2021, p. 501-522.

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Söderquist, KB 2021, 'Is Hell the Other? Kierkegaard and Sartre on the Dialectic of Recognition', Kierkegaard Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 501-522. https://doi.org/10.1515/kierke-2021-0021

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Söderquist, K. B. (2021). Is Hell the Other? Kierkegaard and Sartre on the Dialectic of Recognition. Kierkegaard Studies, 26(1), 501-522. https://doi.org/10.1515/kierke-2021-0021

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Söderquist KB. Is Hell the Other? Kierkegaard and Sartre on the Dialectic of Recognition. Kierkegaard Studies. 2021;26(1):501-522. https://doi.org/10.1515/kierke-2021-0021

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Söderquist, K. Brian. / Is Hell the Other? Kierkegaard and Sartre on the Dialectic of Recognition. In: Kierkegaard Studies. 2021 ; Vol. 26, No. 1. pp. 501-522.

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