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To form itself, the public has to break existing political forms.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “To form itself, the public has to break existing political forms.”
Editor's note · Context
This statement reflects Dewey's view that the formation of a public requires a break from existing political structures.
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