Civil Society : History and possibilities / Sudipta Kaviraj, Sunil Khilnani.

By:

Kaviraj Sudipta, Khilnani Sunil

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New delhi. Cambridge university press. 2014.Edition: 1st ed. 2014Description: 330 p . ; softbound 14x22cmISBN:

978-81-7596-108-1

DDC classification:

23 301 KAV

Contents:

1.Theoretical traditions in the west 2.Arguments in the south

Summary: Civil society is one of the most used and abused concepts in current political thinking.In this important collection of essays the concepts is subjected to rigorious analysis by an international team of contributors, all of whom seek to encourage the historical and comparative understanding of political thought.The volume is divided into two parts:The first section analyses the meaning of civil society in different theoretical traditions of western philosophy.In the second section contributors consider the theoretical and practical contexts in which the notion of civil society has been invoked in Asia ,Africa and latin america.These essays demonstrate how an influential western idea like civil society is itself altered and innovatively modified by the specific contexts of intellectual and practical life in the societies of the south.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Tetso College Library Sociology	Non-fiction	301 KAV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		8076

1.Theoretical traditions in the west
2.Arguments in the south

Civil society is one of the most used and abused concepts in current political thinking.In this important collection of essays the concepts is subjected to rigorious analysis by an international team of contributors, all of whom seek to encourage the historical and comparative understanding of political thought.The volume is divided into two parts:The first section analyses the meaning of civil society in different theoretical traditions of western philosophy.In the second section contributors consider the theoretical and practical contexts in which the notion of civil society has been invoked in Asia ,Africa and latin america.These essays demonstrate how an influential western idea like civil society is itself altered and innovatively modified by the specific contexts of intellectual and practical life in the societies of the south.

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