SOCY 284 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mass Production, Martin Heidegger, Essentialism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 284
• Professor: Mollers Norma

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