Sovereign states or political communities?: Civil society and contemporary politics - Softcover

Schecter, Darrow

 
9780719082863: Sovereign states or political communities?: Civil society and contemporary politics

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This book explores the ideas, meaning and history of civil society. It considers the role civil society played in the 1989 revolutions and in new social movements, as well as its relationship with the state and the economy. Distinguishing between security and freedom, the book illustrates how the latter is a political issue, drawing on the writings of a wide range of political thinkers including Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, Marx, Weber, Schmitt, Adorno and Arendt.

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Darrow Schecter is Reader in History in the School of History, History of Art and Philosophy at the University of Sussex

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Explores the ideas, meaning and history of civil society, its role in the 1989 revolutions, its role in new social movements and its relationship with the state and the economy.. Distinguishes between security and freedom and illustrates how the latter is a political issue.. Draws on the writings of a wide range of political thinkers including:
Kant
Hegel
Feuerbach
Marx
Weber
Schmitt
Adorno
Arendt. Offers sophisticated and illuminating analysis and seeks to redefine politics in new ways..

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Explores the ideas, meaning and history of civil society, its role in the 1989 revolutions, its role in new social movements and its relationship with the state and the economy.. Distinguishes between security and freedom and illustrates how the latter is a political issue.. Draws on the writings of a wide range of political thinkers including:KantHegelFeuerbachMarxWeberSchmittAdornoArendt. Offers sophisticated and illuminating analysis and seeks to redefine politics in new ways..

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