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The necessity of politics : reclaiming American public life / Christopher Beem ; with a foreword by Jean Bethke Elshtain.

Van Pelt Library 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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