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Transcendence, transparency, and transaction: Husserl's middle road to cinematic representation

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Casebier, A. Transcendence, transparency, and transaction: Husserl's middle road to cinematic representation. Husserl Stud 5, 127–141 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00579107

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