Civil Society and Political Theory. Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought.

Ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar / An excellent and clean copy. - 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. / Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction I The Discourse of Civil Society 1 The Contemporary Revival of Civil Society 2 Conceptual History and Theoretical Synthesis 3 Theoretical Development in the Twentieth Century Il The Discontents of Civil Society 4 The Normative Critique: Hannah Arendt 5 The Historicist Critique: Carl Schmitt, Reinhart Koselleck, and J�rgen Habermas 6 The Genealogical Critique: Michel Foucault 7 The Systems-Theoretic Critique: Niklas Luhmann III The Reconstruction of Civil Society 8 Discourse Ethics and Civil Society 9 Social Theory and Civil Society 10 Social Movements and Civil Society 11 Civil Disobedience and Civil Society Notes Index. ISBN 9780262531214