Democratic culture: historical and philosophical essays / edited by Akeel Bilgrami

By:

Bilgrami, Akeel, ed

Contributor(s):

Akeel Bilgrami [edited by ]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Critical interventions in theory and praxisPublication details: Routledge, 2011. New Delhi:Description: ix,: 235 pISBN:

9780415589918

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DDC classification:

321.8 DEM

Contents:

Contents : - 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.

Summary: 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 context - expressed both historically and analytically, descriptively and normatively.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Contents : -
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.

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 context - expressed both historically and analytically, descriptively and normatively.

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