Civil society and political theory
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Civil society and political theory
（Studies in contemporary German social thought）
MIT Press, c1992
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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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