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Democratic culture : historical and philosophical essays /
A collection of essays by distinguished scholars, this book delineates a substantial conception of democracy, the great promise as well as the pitfalls of a democratic mentality and culture. These essays go beyond the institutional and formal descriptions of democracy to its underlying cultural cont...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Critical interventions in theory and praxis.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Liberal Democracy and its Critics: Some Voices from East and West; 2 Value, Enchantment and the Mentality of Democracy: Some Distant Perspectives from Gandhi; 3 Politics, Experience and Cognitive Enslavement: Gandhi's Hind Swaraj; 4 Moral Perfection and Political Participation: The Indian 'Millions' in Gandhi's Hind Swaraj; 5 Politics and Violence: Gandhi's Ambivalence to Democracy; 6 Pragmatism and Deepened Democracy: Ambedkar between Dewey and Unger; 7 Constitutional Democracy and Hindu Nationalism; 8 Why Did Burke Impeach Hastings?
- 9 Whither European Enlightenment?10 Popular Festivals, Populist Visual Culture and Modi Masks; 11 Globalization, Culture and Education; Bibliography; About the Editor; Contributors; Index.