Languages of Civil Society: (Studies on Civil Society)
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Languages of Civil Society: (Studies on Civil Society)
Languages of Civil Society: (Studies on Civil Society)

Languages of Civil Society: (Studies on Civil Society)

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Peter Wagner (Contributor)  

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The past two decades have witnessed a revival of the concept of 'civil society'. From East Central Europe to Latin America and East Asia to the recent calls for a 'European civil society' and a 'global civil society', the concept signifies the need for national and supra-national forms of civic commitment against both unjustified state domination and neo-liberal marketization. Reviewing the long history of the concept, its use in various regional contexts and its place in critical political theory, this book takes comprehensive stock of these debates and asks about the potential of the concept of civil society in guiding political transformations towards fuller understandings of liberty and democracy.
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).
  • Contributor: Peter Wagner
  • Imprint: Berghahn Books
  • ISBN13: 9781845451189
  • Number of Pages: 264
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Packaged Weight: 490
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Berghahn Books
  • Release Date: 2006-05-01
  • Series: Studies on Civil Society
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: 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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