Citizenship

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This paper explores how the incorporation of 'individualism' into the concept of citizenship transformed citizenship into a catalyst or engine for liberation. The author points out that citizenship w is understood to be membership in a larger national community. The paper argues that, according to Hobbesian philosophy, citizenship protects personal freedoms and safeguards individual liberty where none might be possible otherwise.

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"The idea of the sovereign individual has long been viewed as subversive to the traditional political order. This is especially true when one pauses to consider the impact of sovereign individuals who embrace the political life rather than the more quiescent contemplative or religious life. Be that as it may, individualism was successfully incorporated into the concept of citizenship and this incorporation transformed citizenship into a vehicle for liberation - without irreparably harming the legitimacy or viability of nation states or governmental apparatuses. In assessing the above-mentioned phenomenon, the following paper will suggest that citizenship - which obviously implies membership within a national community - became an engine of liberation because citizenship - historically and today - provides those who have it with individual rights and freedoms unavailable to do those who do not have it."

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