Civil society and political theory

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Civil society and political theory

Jean L. Cohen and Andrew Arato

(Studies in contemporary German social thought)

MIT Press, c1992

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

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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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