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Sovereign States or Political Communities?: Civil Society and Contemporary Politics

Published 10 June 2000Open access
Darrow Schecter
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Abstract

Drawing on the writings of thinkers ranging from Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach and Marx to Weber, Schmitt, Benjamin, Adorno, and Arendt, this book explores the ideas, meaning, and history of civil society, its role in the 1989 revolutions, its role in new social movements and its relationship with the state and the economy.

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Social Sciences