emphases on a hierarchy of ‘identities’ rather than the rule of law and equality before the law to negotiate relationships between citizens; 2 adoption of a mode of moral reasoning that assigns all people into the binary slots of either ‘oppressor’ or ‘oppressed’; 3 legal preference for bespoke notions of ‘equality’ rather than accommodating religious and cultural differences; 4 the State conceived no longer as an instrumental good, but as an ultimate power with jurisdiction over every facet of life, in order to achieve a comprehensive renovation of society according to the State’s progressive
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