"If ideologies are cultures, they need to be learned. You can convert in and out of them, just as with religions."

"Politics is that activity which is seen most clearly by the one who has no place."

"The burden of philosophy is to provide the resources to tell ourselves stories so we can subject ourselves to self-scrutiny." 

"What I will seek, then, is to uncover something about the underlying mentality that exemplifies the ideal of an unalienated life."

"Who can speak is a fundamental political question – both in the meaning of who is allowed to speak, and who is seen as a speaking being."