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Overreaching to be Different: A Critique of Rajiv Malhotra’s Being Different

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Gier, N.F. Overreaching to be Different: A Critique of Rajiv Malhotra’s Being Different . Hindu Studies 16, 259–285 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-012-9127-x

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