Civil Society History and Possibilities

Name: Civil Society History and Possibilities
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ISBN: 9780521002905

ISBN-10: 0521002907

ISBN-13: 9780521002905

Edition: 2001

Authors: Sudipta Kaviraj, Sunil Khilnani

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These essays analyse the much used concept of civil society. They demonstrate how such an influential western idea is itself altered and innovatively modified by the specific contexts of intellectual and practical life in the societies of the South.

Book details

List price: $43.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/6/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.98" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English




Theoretical Traditions in the West



The development of civil society




Concepts of civil society in pre-modern Europe




The contemporary political significance of John Locke's conception of civil society




Civil society in the Scottish Enlightenment




Enlightenment and the institution of society




Hegel and the economics of civil society




Civil society in the Marxist tradition




Arguments in the South



Civil society in extra-European perspective




On civil and political societies in post-colonial democracies




Civil society and the fate of the modern Republic in Latin America Luis




The western concept of civil society in the context of Chinese history




Civil society, community and democracy in the Middle East




Mistaking 'Governance' for politics: Foreign aid, civil society and democracy




The promise of 'civil society' in the South




In search of civil society