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The Marginalized and Critical Theory: Dialectics of Universalism 边缘化与批判理论:普遍主义辩证法

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International Critical Thought Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2070857

Saladdin Ahmed

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Democracy: A Word to Be Liberated 民主:一个有待解放的词

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International Critical Thought Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2073883

Vladimiro Giacché

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Capitalism, Socialism and the Human Right to Development 资本主义、社会主义与发展人权

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International Critical Thought Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2074513

Justin Theodra

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A Theoretical Consideration of the Socialist Market Economy 对社会主义市场经济的理论思考

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International Critical Thought Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2054001

C. Saratchand

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The Distinction between True and False Democracy 真民主与假民主的区别

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International Critical Thought Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2086759

Xiangyang Xin

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The Concrete Conditions of Human Rights: Western and Chinese Approaches 人权的具体状况:西方与中国的途径

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International Critical Thought Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2074512

R. Boer

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Multiple Ways to Democracy in Contemporary China 当代中国的多元民主道路

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International Critical Thought Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2074192

Chris Reigadas

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The Imperialism of Democracy and Human Rights vs the Democracy and Human Rights of Imperialism 民主与人权的帝国主义vs帝国主义的民主与人权

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International Critical Thought Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2065719

R. Desai

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Reading Hegel after Marx: Lukács and the Question of Teleology 马克思之后的黑格尔解读:Lukács与目的论问题

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International Critical Thought Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2022.2035792

Filippo Menozzi

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Claiming the City through the Cape Verdean Festivities of Kola San Jon in Lisbon: A Lefebvrian Case Study 通过佛得角在里斯本的科拉圣乔恩庆祝活动来占领城市:一个列非弗人的案例研究

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International Critical Thought Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2021.2024765

J. Carolino, Francesco Biagi

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