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Democracy In Solitude

About the book Civic Solitude: Why Democracy Needs Distance, by Robert B. Talisse, published by Oxford University Press in 2024.

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Selected Works in Social Sciences and Humanities

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Milton Friedman, Politics and Corporate Social Responsibility

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