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A Child Is Being Killed: On Primary Narcissism And The Death Drive

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Book Title: A Child Is Being Killed: On Primary Narcissism And The Death...

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.6in

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Author: Serge Leclaire

Publication Name: Child Is Being Killed : ON Primary Narcissism and the Death Drive

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Publication Year: 1998

Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics Ser.

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 4.5 Oz

Number of Pages: 92 Pages

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