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Do we need to be policed if we’re our own historians? Godwin didn’t think so

At the New Yorker‘s blog, I have an essay about utopianism, self-narration, and the history of policing.

Posted on 7 December 2011Author Caleb CrainCategories American history, British history, history of technology, Occupy Wall Street, police, utopianism, violence, William Godwin

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