Civil society stands for one of the influential concepts relating to the study of modern societies. Reviewing the history of the concept, its use in various regional contexts, and its place in critical political theory, this book asks about the potential of the concept of civil society in guiding political transformations.
Civil society stands for one of the influential concepts relating to the study of modern societies. Reviewing the history of the concept, its use in various regional contexts, and its place in critical political theory, this book asks about the potential of the concept of civil society in guiding political transformations.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Peter Wagner is Professor of Social and Political Theory at the European University Institute, Florence, and Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick. His publications in social and political philosophy and historical and political sociology include A Sociology of Modernity (1994), Theorizing Modernity (2001), A History and Theory of the Social Sciences (2001), and The Political Constitution of Modern Capitalism (co-editor, forthcoming 2005).
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Introduction Peter Wagner PART I: BEGINNINGS Chapter 1. Civil Society and the Problématique of Political Modernity Jean Terrier and Peter Wagner Chapter 2. From koinonìa politikè to societas civilis: Birth, Disappearance and First Renaissance of the Concept Peter Hallberg and Björn Wittrock PART II: NARROWING Chapter 3. The Nationalisation and Popularisation of Political Language: the Concept of 'Civil Society' in Swedish Peter Hallberg Chapter 4. Declining Deliberation: Civil Society, Community, Organised Modernity Jean Terrier and Peter Wagner Chapter 5. The Withering Away of 'Civil Society' and the Organization of Social Life: the Case of Germany from the Wilhelminian era to the G.D.R. Jay Rowell and Bénédicte Zimmermann PART III: WIDENING Chapter 6. The Second Renaissance of Civil Society in East and Central Europe - and in the European Union Jody Jensen and Ferenc Miszlivetz Chapter 7. Pluralized Globalisation: Civil Society in East Asia and Latin America Shin Jong-Hwa and Peter Wagner Chapter 8. Global Civil Society: from Dissident Democratisation to World Bank Parlance Jody Jensen and Ferenc Miszlivetz Chapter 9. The Critique of Organised Modernity Jean Terrier and Peter Wagner PART IV: CONCLUDING Chapter 10. The Return of Civil Society and the Reopening of the Political Problématique Jean Terrier and Peter Wagner Bibliography Index
Introduction Peter Wagner PART I: BEGINNINGS Chapter 1. Civil Society and the Problématique of Political Modernity Jean Terrier and Peter Wagner Chapter 2. From koinonìa politikè to societas civilis: Birth, Disappearance and First Renaissance of the Concept Peter Hallberg and Björn Wittrock PART II: NARROWING Chapter 3. The Nationalisation and Popularisation of Political Language: the Concept of 'Civil Society' in Swedish Peter Hallberg Chapter 4. Declining Deliberation: Civil Society, Community, Organised Modernity Jean Terrier and Peter Wagner Chapter 5. The Withering Away of 'Civil Society' and the Organization of Social Life: the Case of Germany from the Wilhelminian era to the G.D.R. Jay Rowell and Bénédicte Zimmermann PART III: WIDENING Chapter 6. The Second Renaissance of Civil Society in East and Central Europe - and in the European Union Jody Jensen and Ferenc Miszlivetz Chapter 7. Pluralized Globalisation: Civil Society in East Asia and Latin America Shin Jong-Hwa and Peter Wagner Chapter 8. Global Civil Society: from Dissident Democratisation to World Bank Parlance Jody Jensen and Ferenc Miszlivetz Chapter 9. The Critique of Organised Modernity Jean Terrier and Peter Wagner PART IV: CONCLUDING Chapter 10. The Return of Civil Society and the Reopening of the Political Problématique Jean Terrier and Peter Wagner Bibliography Index
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