Comic Crowds: Kierkegaard and the Incongruity of Democratic Politics

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Comic Crowds : Kierkegaard and the Incongruity of Democratic Politics. / Tønder, Lars.

The Oxford Handbook of Rhetoric and Political Theory. ed. / Dilip Gaonkar; Keith Topper. New York : Oxford University Press, 2022.

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Harvard

Tønder, L 2022, Comic Crowds: Kierkegaard and the Incongruity of Democratic Politics. in D Gaonkar & K Topper (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Rhetoric and Political Theory. Oxford University Press, New York. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190220945.013.23

APA

Tønder, L. (2022). Comic Crowds: Kierkegaard and the Incongruity of Democratic Politics. In D. Gaonkar, & K. Topper (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Rhetoric and Political Theory Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190220945.013.23

Vancouver

Tønder L. Comic Crowds: Kierkegaard and the Incongruity of Democratic Politics. In Gaonkar D, Topper K, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Rhetoric and Political Theory. New York: Oxford University Press. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190220945.013.23

Author

Tønder, Lars. / Comic Crowds : Kierkegaard and the Incongruity of Democratic Politics. The Oxford Handbook of Rhetoric and Political Theory. editor / Dilip Gaonkar ; Keith Topper. New York : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Bibtex

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