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Comparative Religion as Cultural Combat: Occidentalism and Relativism in Rajiv Malhotra’s Being Different

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Yelle, R.A. Comparative Religion as Cultural Combat: Occidentalism and Relativism in Rajiv Malhotra’s Being Different . Hindu Studies 16, 335–348 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-012-9133-z

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