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Developing an argument about the birth and rise of modern peoples that draws on the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen of 1789 as examples, Tarizzo introduces the concept of \"political grammar\"—a phrase that denotes the conditions of political subjectification that enable the enunciation of an emergent \"we.\" Democracy, Tarizzo argues, flourishes when the opening between subjectivity and identity is maintained. 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This new kind of philosophy, his book suggests, largely determines the way in which people look at themselves and society. Not only does it contribute to designing new technologies of power, but it also fosters subjection to the new ethopolitical regime.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50100084441361,"sku":"NGR9780262549035","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0262549034.jpg?v=1751037818"},{"product_id":"political-grammars-book-davide-tarizzo-9781503614680","title":"Political Grammars","description":"Do we need to be a \"people,\" populus, in order to embrace democracy and live together in peace? If so, what is a populus? Is it by definition a nation? What exactly do we mean by nationality?    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