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Part I - On state scepticism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2009

Ian Loader  and
Neil Walker
Ian Loader
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Neil Walker
Affiliation:
European University Institute, Florence
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To be a friend of the state has been made to seem an index either of stupidity or of corrupt purpose. To be a dependant or client of the state has been made to seem odious and degrading. By contrast, the state's enemies have vindicated their enmity as a direct expression of their own practical insight and purity of intention.

(John Dunn, The Cunning of Unreason, p. 246)
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Civilizing Security , pp. 33 - 34
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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  • On state scepticism
  • Ian Loader, University of Oxford, Neil Walker, European University Institute, Florence
  • Book: Civilizing Security
  • Online publication: 12 November 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511611117.003
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  • On state scepticism
  • Ian Loader, University of Oxford, Neil Walker, European University Institute, Florence
  • Book: Civilizing Security
  • Online publication: 12 November 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511611117.003
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  • On state scepticism
  • Ian Loader, University of Oxford, Neil Walker, European University Institute, Florence
  • Book: Civilizing Security
  • Online publication: 12 November 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511611117.003
Available formats
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