Civil Society and Political Theory

by Cohen, Jean L.; Arato, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780262531214
• ISBN10: 0262531216
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-03-29
• Publisher: The MIT Press

Summary

In this major contribution to contemporary political theory, Jean Cohen and Andrew Arato argue that the concept of civil society articulates a contested terrain in the West that could become a primary locus for the expansion of democracy and rights.

Author Biography

Jean L. Cohen is Associate Professor of Political Theory at Columbia University.

Andrew Arato is Professor of Sociology at the New School for Social Research.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
The Contemporary Revival of Civil Society	p. 29
Conceptual History and Theoretical Synthesis	p. 83
Theoretical Development in the Twentieth Century	p. 117
The Normative Critique: Hannah Arendt	p. 177
The Historicist Critique: Carl Schmitt, Reinhart Koselleck, and Jurgen Habermas	p. 201
The Genealogical Critique: Michel Foucault	p. 255
The Systems-Theoretic Critique: Niklas Luhmann	p. 299
Discourse Ethics and Civil Society	p. 345
Social Theory and Civil Society	p. 421
Social Movements and Civil Society	p. 492
Civil Disobedience and Civil Society	p. 564
Notes	p. 605
Index	p. 745
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