Counterpublics and the State

Counterpublics and the StateExplores antagonistic encounters between people, both individuals and groups, and governments. In the form of demonstrations, social movements, guerrilla warfare, and internet "hacktivism," political dissidents or "counterpublics" challenge the state and assert themselves upon the public stage. At stake in such engagements are profound issues of political and economic redistribution, individual and collective rights, political legitimacy, social

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The Literary Absolute is the first authoritative study of the emergence of the modern concept of literature in German romanticism

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