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"la politique" is rather public affairs, party politics, the practice of politics by politicians (as you say), while "le politique" is the field of what is proper to politics, that which is political. The former is extremely common, the latter reserved for academic and didactic use.

 

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Dec 3rd, 2008 at 10:30:20 AM EST
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Could it be short for "le domaine politique"?
by Lily (put - lilyalmond - here <a> yahaah.france) on Wed Dec 3rd, 2008 at 10:58:07 AM EST
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And, of course, in France, there's a philosophical discussion :-)

Dans son ouvrage L'Avénement de la démocratie, Marcel Gauchet développe une distinction très structurée entre le politique et la politique. De même, Il insiste sur la distance qui sépare le citoyen soucieux de l'intérêt général de l'individu libéral soucieux de ses propres intérêts. Dans cette intervention, il revient sur ces notions souvent mal comprises.

http://gauchet.blogspot.com/2007/11/le-politique-versus-la-politique.html



Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Wed Dec 3rd, 2008 at 05:20:46 PM EST
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