Civil Society, Second Edition: The Critical History of an Idea

Civil Society, Second Edition: The Critical History of an Idea
ISBN-10
1479896713
ISBN-13
9781479896714
Category
Political Science
Pages
341
Language
English
Published
2017-02-14
Publisher
NYU Press
Author
John Ehrenberg

Description

"Provides a comprehensive discussion and analysis of two and a half millennia of Western political theory, as well as what the future may hold for how civil society might be understood. John Ehrenberg analyzes both the usefulness and the limitations of civil society and maps the political and theoretical evolution of the concept and its employment in academic and public discourse. From Aristotle and the Enlightenment philosophers to Black Lives Matter and the Occupy movement, the book provides an indispensable analysis of the possibilities of what this increasingly important idea can, and cannot, offer to contemporary political affairs."--Page [4] of cover.

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