Introduction: Aporia, the Sphinx, and the Hope that Life Will Make Sense

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Voela, A. 2017. Introduction: Aporia, the Sphinx, and the Hope that Life Will Make Sense. in: Psychoanalysis, Philosophy and Myth in Contemporary Culture: After Oedipus Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1-39
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Voela, Angie, Introduction: Aporia, the Sphinx, and the Hope that Life Will Make Sense, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy and Myth in Contemporary Culture: After Oedipus, 2017, Palgrave Macmillan, reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan.

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Book titlePsychoanalysis, Philosophy and Myth in Contemporary Culture: After Oedipus
Page range1-39
Year2017
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
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