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What is Durkheimian? Thoughts on boundaries, paradigms, age and creativity

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Smith, P. What is Durkheimian? Thoughts on boundaries, paradigms, age and creativity. Am J Cult Sociol 11, 410–416 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41290-023-00188-3

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