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Publics and Counterpublics Michael Warner ZONE BOOKS NEW YORK 2002

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Publ

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and

Cou

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publ

ics

Mic

hael

War

ner

ZO

NE

BO

OK

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EW

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RK

20

02

PU

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AN

DC

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RP

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ple

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icat

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one:

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peri

ence

ofge

nder

and

sexu

ality

have

tobe

diff

eren

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insu

cha

wor

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link

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20

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man

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at

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edi

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nger

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lach

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tcl

aim

edin

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der

and

the

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to

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utes

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soci

allif

ein

todi

stin

ctar

enas

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ork

and

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sona

llif

e,”

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udin

gth

ein

tens

ifie

dpr

ivac

ies

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timac

y,fr

iend

ship

,an

dth

edom

esti

c.26

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nwhi

le,

the

stat

ew

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ngin

toa

mod

ern

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acy,

wit

hits

norm

ativ

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ctio

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and

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priv

ate

pers

onof

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offi

ceho

lder

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ndas

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eto

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enas

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fine

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ular

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enas

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prop

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rise

abov

e,or

set

asid

e,on

e’s

priv

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rest

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dex

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sive

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re.

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d“b

rack

etin

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late

did

eain

John

Raw

is’s

liber

alle

gal

theo

ryis

calle

dth

e“v

eil

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no

rance

.”27)

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ese

char

acte

rist

ical

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oder

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velo

pmen

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ade

poss

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avi

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offr

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mas

nega

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liber

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rent

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onof

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sto

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nder

and

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ality

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ini

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rite

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yA

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l,M

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aft,

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thSa

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ticu

late

dth

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the

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ativ

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ngua

geof

the

liber

altr

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ion.

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yw

ere

esp

e

cial

lyen

able

dby

itsvi

sion

ofth

eri

ghts

-bea

ring

priv

ate

pers

on,

its

role

for

acr

itica

lpu

blic

,its

prin

cipl

edsk

eptic

ism

abou

tpo

wer

.’

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hG

rini

ké,

for

exam

ple,

was

able

tota

keth

eun

iver

sal

sell

of

reas

onas

anar

gum

ent

for

wom

en’s

acce

ss:

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nhu

man

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gs

are

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rded

asm

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gen

thro

ned

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the

sum

mit

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min

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ring

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righ

tsan

dre

spon

sibi

liti

essi

nks

into

insi

gnif

ican

cean

dnoth

ingnes

s:’

29

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ing

brac

kete

dse

xin

this

way

.G

rim

kégo

eson

toar

gue

for

ath

orou

ghde

gend

erin

gof

soci

alre

latio

ns:

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appr

oach

each

othe

r,an

dm

ingk

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ithea

ch

othe

r,un

der

the

cons

tant

pres

sure

ofa

feel

ing

that

we

are

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fere

ntse

xes;

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inst

ead

ofre

gard

ing

each

othe

ron

lyin

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light

ofim

mor

tal

crea

ture

s,th

em

ind

isfe

tter

edby

the

idea

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chis

earl

yan

din

dust

riou

sly

infu

sed

into

it,

that

we

mus

tne

ver

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et

the

dist

inct

ion

betw

een

mal

ean

dfe

mal

e.”

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rim

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ngs

to

tran

scen

dse

x,an

din

orde

rto

doso

she

decl

ares

itir

rele

vant

,

som

ethi

ng“i

nfus

ed”

into

the

indii

dual

,so

met

hing

to“f

orge

t:’

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idea

lof

the

univ

ersa

lvo

ice

ofre

ason

has

allo

wed

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aki

ndof

publ

icpa

rtic

ipat

ion.

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pric

esh

epa

ysis

that

diff

eren

ces

of

sex

have

been

rule

dou

tof

cons

ider

atio

nas

mer

ely

priv

ate.

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isre

spec

t,th

esa

me

liber

altr

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ion

that

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led

the

firs

t

wav

eof

the

fem

inis

tm

ovem

ent

also

pose

dim

med

iate

obst

acle

sto

itas

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ovem

ent,

asit

wou

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ter

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ega

ym

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ent.

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en

such

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olls

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tan

dG

rim

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gued

that

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rri

ghts

as

indi

vidu

als

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eyap

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edto

the

idea

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ract

,un

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sal

publ

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the

kind

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inw

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part

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and

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gend

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body

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ldal

way

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nish

impu

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his

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felt

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ecti

vely

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any

wom

en,

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rah

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mké

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ster

,

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elin

a,w

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aved

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ncia

tion

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nds,

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stra

nger

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wel

las

the

occa

sion

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tm

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inhe

rw

illin

gnes

s

40

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B

toap

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usap

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tsh

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em

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d,he

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ded.

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tive

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eral

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ted

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rve

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lim

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topo

liti

cs.

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the

righ

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wom

en,

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asan

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tern

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hom

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ther

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men

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each

fam

ily.

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yw

ere

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prop

riat

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poli

tics

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omen

wou

ldha

veto

deal

with

men

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epr

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yof

thei

row

nfa

mili

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blic

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utof

cour

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epr

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nte

xtof

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here

men

wer

eth

ough

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tura

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.A

sEl

iZ

aret

sky

puts

it,

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sepa

rati

onbe

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blic

and

priv

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occl

uded

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perp

etua

tion

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lati

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min

atio

n—

thos

ebe

yond

legi

tim

ate

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orit

y—

into

mod

ern

soci

ety.

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dth

ispo

litic

ally

byre

nder

ing

thos

ere

lati

ons

‘pri

vat

e.”

32

The

curb

ing

ofth

est

ate,

inth

ena

me

ofpr

ivat

elib

erty

,ha

den

tail

eda

curb

onpo

liti

csas

wel

l,fr

eezi

ngin

plac

eal

lth

ose

for

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riva

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asth

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ace

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atio

nra

ther

than

liber

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ssi

deof

the

liber

altr

adit

ion

cont

inue

sto

limit

the

tran

sfo

rmat

ive

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tion

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fem

inis

m,

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ega

ym

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ent

asw

ell.

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ple,

the

gay

wri

ter

And

rew

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van

ends

his

book

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tual

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ithan

appe

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npu

blic

and

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apo

liti

csba

sed

on“a

sim

ple

and

lim

ited

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cipl

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all p

ublic

(as

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sed

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scri

min

atio

nag

ains

tho

mo

sexu

als

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ded

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spon

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lity

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rine

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ety

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else

,“w

hat

eer

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ecu

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ciet

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dth

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lim

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topo

liti

cs.

But

that

incl

udes

alm

ost

the

enti

rety

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mop

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xism

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coun

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thos

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ndit

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hem

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anil

legi

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mpt

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vern

men

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priv

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a“p

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cali

mpo

sitio

nof

tole

ranc

e:’

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ough

this

conc

epti

onof

poli

tics

isof

ten

call

edne

ocon

serv

atis

m,

its

core

idea

sde

rive

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heyd

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nine

teen

th-c

entu

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14

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the

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ral

dist

inct

ion

betw

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thor

ity

and

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dom

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ays

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nsio

nw

ith

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rvi

ews,

nota

bly

with

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man

ism

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achi

avel

li.

Lib

eral

ism

still

has

pow

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lco

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em

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ican

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vate

have

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ted

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nst

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inis

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man

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non,

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ple,

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elib

eral

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onof

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priv

ate

from

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nds

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thro

ugh

the

inst

itut

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ofth

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mily

,th

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useh

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ality

.A

rend

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ied

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est

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rgot

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whe

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eedo

m

was

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tifi

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ate

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rath

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ake

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ity.

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owed

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ern

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ndam

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re,in

clud

ing

the

criti

cal

cons

ciou

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sof

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ate

peop

le,

but

that

thes

e

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AN

DC

OU

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PU

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publ

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eals

and

norm

sar

ebe

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mod

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alle

nge

toth

eli

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ltr

adit

ion

alm

ost

wit

hout

usin

gth

ete

rms

“pub

lic”

and

“pri

vate

”by

show

ing

ingr

eat

deta

ilho

wits

key

term

san

dim

ma

nent

valu

es—

publ

ic,

stat

e,pr

ivat

e,fr

eedo

m,

auto

nom

y—

fail

toac

coun

tfo

rpo

wer

rela

tions

.

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face

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stin

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and

priv

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t’s

cele

brat

edes

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784)

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blic

use

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ason

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ant

wri

tes,

“mus

tat

all

times

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ee,

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ital

one

can

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gab

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owly

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ent

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rtic

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t’s

has

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da

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each.

37

But

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surp

risi

ngtu

rnco

mes

inhi

sde

fini

tion

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blic

and

priv

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uses

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ason

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stan

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atus

ew

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asa

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lar

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enti

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onin

ace

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viip

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rof

fice

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chis

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ost

read

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