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035			_a(DE-B1597)9781400832224
035			_a(DE-B1597)447028
035			_a(OCoLC)979835228
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082	0	4	_a306.84/10973 _222
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aMetz, Tamara _eautore
245	1	0	_aUntying the Knot : _bMarriage, the State, and the Case for Their Divorce / _cTamara Metz.
250			_aCourse Book
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2010]
264		4	_c©2010
300			_a1 online resource (216 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tAcknowledgments -- _t1. Toward a Liberal Theory of Marriage and the State -- _t2. Confusion in the Courts -- _t3. Marriage and the State in Liberal Political Thought -- _t4. Marriage: A Formal, Comprehensive Social Institution -- _t5. The Liberal Case for Disestablishing Marriage and Creating an Intimate Caregiving Union Status -- _t6. Reconsidering the Public/Private Divide -- _tNotes -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aMarriage is at the center of one of today's fiercest political debates. Activists argue about how to define it, judges and legislators decide who should benefit from it, and scholars consider how the state should protect those who are denied it. Few, however, ask whether the state should have anything to do with marriage in the first place. In Untying the Knot, Tamara Metz addresses this crucial question, making a powerful argument that marriage, like religion, should be separated from the state. Rather than defining or conferring marriage, or relying on it to achieve legitimate public welfare goals, the state should create a narrow legal status that supports all intimate caregiving unions. Marriage itself should be bestowed by those best suited to give it the necessary ethical authority--religious groups and other kinds of communities. Divorcing the state from marriage is dictated by nothing less than basic commitments to freedom and equality. Tracing confusions about marriage to tensions at the heart of liberalism, Untying the Knot clarifies today's debates about marriage by identifying and explaining assumptions hidden in widely held positions and common practices. It shows that, as long as marriage and the state are linked, marriage will be a threat to liberalism and the state will be a threat to marriage. An important and timely rethinking of the relationship between marriage and the state, Untying the Knot will interest political theorists, legal scholars, policymakers, sociologists, and anyone else who cares about the fate of marriage or liberalism.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
650		0	_aCivil unions _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDivorce _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMarriage _zUnited States.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400832224
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400832224
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