Civil society : the critical history of an idea / John Ehrenberg
- Bib ID:
- 1320150
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ehrenberg, John, 1944-
- Description:
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- New York : New York University Press, c1999
- xvi, 285 p. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0814722083 (alkaline paper) (cased) (cloth)
- 0814722075 (alkaline paper) (paperback)
- Full contents:
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- I. The Origins of Civil Society. 1. Civil Society and the Classical Heritage. The Danger of Private Interest. The Mixed Polity. Civil Society and the Res Publica. 2. Civil Society and the Christian Commonwealth. Pride, Faith, and the State. The Christian Commonwealth. Early Fractures. 3. Civil Society and the Transition to Modernity. Virtue and Power. Civil Society and the Liberated Conscience. Sovereignty, Interest, and Civil Society
- II. Civil Society and Modernity. 4. The Rise of "Economic Man" Rights, Law, and Protected Spheres. The Moral Foundations of Civil Society. The Emergence of Bourgeois Civil Society. 5. Civil Society and the State. Civil Society and the Ethical Commonwealth. The "Giant Broom" The "System of Needs" The Politics of Social Revolution. 6. Civil Society and Intermediate Organizations. The Aristocratic Republic. Civil Society and Community. The Customs of Civil Society. American Lessons
- III. Civil Society in Contemporary Life.
- 7. Civil Society and Communism. Totalitarianism. The "Self-Limiting" Revolution. The Limits Are Reached. 8. Civil Society and Capitalism. Pluralist Foundations. The Commodified Public Sphere. Dreams of Renewal. 9. Civil Society and Democratic Politics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-279) and index.
- Subject:
- Civil society -- History
- Copyright:
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