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TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0778 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Communitarianism · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Sandel argued that Rawlsian liberalism rests on an overly individualistic conception of the self, neglecting attachments — 'as members of this family or community or nation or people' — that partly constitute who we are; he later called this liberal self 'unencumbered'.”

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