Political Modernity and Social Theory : Origins, Development and Alternatives.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Domingues, Jose Maur¡cio., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--Philosophy.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Summary:

An in-depth investigation of political modernity, Political Modernity and Social Theory proposes an encompassing and far-reaching approach spanning past and present - stressing radical plebeian democracy and maintaining a strong opening to the future and to possible alternatives to modernity.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. The liberal infrastructure1. Rights and citizenship

2. The state and the law

3. Power, agency and law

4. From abstract to concrete

5. Rights, state and the modern imaginary

Part II. Politics, dynamics and processes

6. Politics

7. State power8. Political autonomy9. Trends and phases of modernity

Part III. The international leve

l10. The international dimension of political modernity

Part IV. Political configurations and processes

11. Political Regimes

12. Political Processes

13. Democracy

Part V

Epilogue: political modernity, social change and critique.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

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ISBN:

9781040031469

1040031463