Afterword

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  Michel Foucault observed that, although the head of the king had been cut off, in political theory the king remained in his place.For Foucault, theory did not appear able to think about politics without an organizing center, although in … Continue reading “Afterword”

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On the Subject of Citizenship

Micki McGee

Just in time for the Independence Day weekend, the Library of Congress has released new research on the Declaration of Independence. Apparently when Thomas Jefferson was drafting the document he initially used the word “subjects,” then blotted it out and replaced it with the word “citizens.” Library of Congress preservation researcher Dr. Fenella France has used spectral photographic imagery to uncover the original markings. In the popular press, Jefferson’s writing is described as a “Freudian slip” …

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