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The modern prince and the modern sage : transforming power and freedom / edited by Ananta Kumar Giri.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power (Social sciences).
- Liberty.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xlix, 598 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ever since the 13th century, the 'prince' has been the dominant archetype of 'being' and 'becoming'. Power and politics have provided the modern world with determinant frames of self-constitution and social emancipation, along with a singular definition of 'freedom'. In this context, this title is concerned with rethinking and transforming the concepts of 'power' and 'freedom' in discourse, society and history.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Reconstituting Power and Freedom: Modernity and Beyond; 1 - Modernity and the Reconstitution of the Realm of the Political; 2 - Play of Power and Struggle for Freedom in Renaissance Humanism; 3 - Political Symbolism or How to Stay on the Surface; 4 - Control of Power through Freedom; 5 - Power of Modernity and the Tail of the Devil; 6 - Rethinking Power; 7 - Metamorphoses of Power; Part II: Beyond the Modern Prince: Varieties of Struggles and New Intimations
- 8 - Non-violent Movements and the Transformation of Power9 - Origins and Sources of Power; 10 - Social Transformation in Contemporary Korea; 11 - Beyond Powerlessness; 12 - Ecological Ontology and Landscapes of Democratic Struggles in Globalization Politics; 13 - In Search of Structures of Cooperation; 14 - The Walking Rebellion; 15 - A Yearning of the Heart; Part III: Transforming Power and Freedom: New Horizons; 16 - Power and Wisdom; 17 - Towards a Critical Biography and the Legacy of the Rishis; 18 - Meister Eckhart; 19 - A War against the Turks?
- 20 - Machiavelli, The Prince and Leadership Responsibility21 - Transforming Power and Freedom; 22 - Gandhi and Empowerment; 23 - None is Free until All are Free; 24 - Rethinking Freedom in the Face of Ecological Crises; 25 - Power and Self-cultivation; 26 - Reflections on Human Security; 27 - Towards an Islamic Hermeneutics for Human Rights; 28 - Beyond Power; Afterword; About the Editor and Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 93-5280-195-4
- 1-282-42564-1
- 9786612425646
- 81-321-0423-4
- 9788132108207
- OCLC:
- 554575329
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