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In the absence of noble public goals, admired leaders, and compelling issues, many warn of a dangerous erosion of civil society. Are they right? What are the roots and implications of their insistent alarm? How can public life be enriched in a period marked by fraying communities, widespread apathy, and unprecedented levels of contempt for politics? How should we be thinking about civil society? Civil Society examines the historical, political, and theoretical evolution of how civil society has been understood for the past two and a half millennia. From Aristotle and the Enlightenment philosophers to Colin Powells Volunteers for America, Ehrenberg provides an indispensable analysis of the possibilities-and limits-of what this increasingly important idea can offer to contemporary political affairs. Civil Society is the winner of the Michael J. Harrington Award from the Caucus for a New Political Science of APSA for the best book published during 1999.

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title Civil Society The Critical History of an Idea author - photo 1
title:Civil Society : The Critical History of an Idea
author:Ehrenberg, John.
publisher:New York University Press
isbn10 | asin:0814722075
print isbn13:9780814722077
ebook isbn13:9780585320373
language:English
subjectCivil society--History.
publication date:1999
lcc:JC336.E35 1999eb
ddc:301/.09
subject:Civil society--History.
Civil Society
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"No one involved in the current debates over civil societyand there can only be a few serious scholars who are notwill want to miss John Ehrenberg's trenchant and thrill packed (well, for us theorists anyway) biography of this amazing idea. A major contribution to the history of political theory by one of the brightest stars in the critical galaxy!"
Bertoll Ollman, New York University and author of Dialectical Investigations
"An absorbing study of a seminal idea in the history of political theory... This is a beautifully written work with an important critical perspective. It makes a genuine scholarly contribution."
Stephen Eric Bronner, Rutgers University
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Civil Society
The Critical History of an Idea
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
New York and London
1999 by New York University
All rights reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ehrenberg, John, 1944
Civil society the critical history of an idea / John
Ehrenberg.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8147-2208-3 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 0-8147-2207-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Civil societyHistory. I. Title.
JC336.E35 1999
301'.09ddc21 98-40140
CIP
New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability.
Manufactured in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction
ix
I
The Origins of Civil Society
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Civil Society and the Classical Heritage
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The Danger of Private Interest
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The Mixed Polity
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Civil Society and the Res Publica
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Civil Society and the Christian Commonwealth
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Pride, Faith, and the State
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The Christian Commonwealth
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Early Fractures
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Civil Society and the Transition to Modernity
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Virtue and Power
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Civil Society and the Liberated Conscience
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Sovereignty, Interest, and Civil Society
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Civil Society and Modernity
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The Rise of "Economic Man"
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Rights, Law, and Protected Spheres
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The Moral Foundations of Civil Society
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The Emergence of Bourgeois Civil Society
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Civil Society and the State
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