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Dividing Public and Private: Law, Politics, and Social Theory
Dividing Public and Private Law Politics and Social Theory Author:Gerald Turkel The distinction between private and public realms of experience, of social activity and of personal identity, are fundamental for shaping everyday understanding and organization of social life. This study makes the public/private division central to social theory and social inquiry. Turkel demonstrates that by placing the public/private distinct... more »ion at the center of social thought and by rethinking the writings of such classical theorists as Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and Parsons through the prism of the public/private dichotomy, new dimensions are raised for the analysis of authority, legitimacy, law, political participation, and the very meanings of freedom and necessity.« less