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A Pragmatist Spin on
Analytical Marxism and
Methodological Individualism
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Chandra Kumar
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Rhodes University
Published online: 02 Sep 2009.
To cite this article: Chandra Kumar (2008) A Pragmatist Spin on Analytical Marxism
and Methodological Individualism, Philosophical Papers, 37:2, 185-211, DOI:
10.1080/05568640809485219
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