Civil society and political theory

Author(s)

• Cohen, Jean L.
• Arato, Andrew

Bibliographic Information

Civil society and political theory

Jean L. Cohen and Andrew Arato

（Studies in contemporary German social thought）

MIT Press, c1992

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [605]-743) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this major contribution to contemporary political theory, Jean Cohen and Andrew Arato argue that the concept of civil society articulates a contested terrain in the West that could become a primary locus for the expansion of democracy and rights.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 The discourse of civil society: the contemporary revival of civil society
• conceptual history and theoreticl synthesis
• theoretical development in the 20th century. Part 2 The discontents of civil society: the normative critique - Hannah Arendt
• the historicist critique - Carl Schmitt, Reinhart Koselleck and Jurgen Habermas
• the genealogical critique - Michel Foucault
• the systems-theoretic critique - Niklas Luhmann. Part 3 The reconstruction of civil society: discourse ethics and civil society
• social theory and civil society
• social movements and civil society
• civil disobedience and civil society.

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• NCID: BA14081172
• ISBN:
  • 0262031779
• LCCN: 90046723
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 771 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JC336
  • DC20 : 306.2
  • NDC10 : 362.06
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Civil society
  • LCSH : Civil society -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00194636