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Civil society and political theory / Jean L. Cohen and Andrew Arato.

Title
Civil society and political theory / Jean L. Cohen and Andrew Arato.
Author
Cohen, Jean L., 1946-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors
Arato, Andrew.
Description
xxi, 771 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in contemporary German social thought
Uniform Title
Studies in contemporary German social thought.
Subject
  • Civil society
  • Civil society > History
Genre/Form
  • History
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [605]-743) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The contemporary revival of civil society -- Conceptual history and theoretical synthesis -- Theoretical development in the twentieth century -- The normative critique: Hannah Arendt -- The historicist critique: Carl Schmitt, Reinhart Koselleck, and Jürgen Habermas -- The genealogical critique: Michel Foucault -- The systems-theoretic critique: Niklas Luhmann -- Discourse ethics and civil society -- Social theory and civil society -- Social movements and civil society -- Civil disobedience and civil society
ISBN
0262531216
OCLC
  • 30325898
  • SCSB-10411272
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library