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Toward a Social Theory of Ignorance
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Metadata
- Authors
- SMITHSON, M.
- Venue
- Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1985-07
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 151-172
- ISSN
- 0021-8308 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-5914
- OpenAlex
- W2030588203
- Cited by
- 162
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 6.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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