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The necessity of politics : reclaiming American public life / Christopher Beem ; with a foreword by Jean Bethke Elshtain.
LIBRA JC336 .B44 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beem, Christopher.
- Series:
- Morality and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil society--History.
- Civil society.
- History.
- Civil society--United States--History.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Local Subjects:
- Civil society--History.
- Civil society--United States--History.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 311 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- ForewordJean Bethke ElshtainAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1: The Concept of Civil Society1. The Concept of Civil Society and the Contemporary Predicament2. The Concept of Civil Society and the Modern ProblematicPart 2: The Progenitors of Civil Society3. The Tocquevillian Tradition4. The Tocquevillian Legacy5. Hegelian Tradition6. Civil Society in the Polish Solidarity Movement7. The Product of Two TraditionsPart 3: The Insufficiency of Civil Society8. Tocqueville, Hegel, and the Sufficiency of Civil Society9. The Contemporary Concept and the Question of SufficiencyPart 4: The Necessity of Politics10. Medium Party Political Associations11. Government and the Construction of the Moral Society12. The American State as a Moral ActorNotesIndex
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Concept of Civil Society
- 1 The Concept of Civil Society and the Contemporary Predicament 9
- 2 The Concept of Civil Society and the Modern Problematic 42
- Part 2 The Progenitors of Civil Society
- 3 The Tocquevillian Tradition 55
- 4 The Tocquevillian Legacy 76
- 5 The Hegelian Tradition 94
- 6 Civil Society in the Polish Solidarity Movement 111
- 7 The Product of Two Traditions 128
- Part 3 The Insufficiency of Civil Society
- 8 Tocqueville, Hegel, and the Sufficiency of Civil Society 145
- 9 The Contemporary Concept and the Question of Sufficiency 161
- Part 4 The Necessity of Politics
- 10 Medium Party Political Associations 197
- 11 Government and the Construction of the Moral Society 218
- 12 The American State as a Moral Actor 235.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-302) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226041441
- OCLC:
- 40180322
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