Sudipta Kaviraj
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The essays in this volume try to approach Indian democracy from different angles. Kaviraj argues that it is wrong to believe that with the rise of modernity human societies suffer complete disenchantment: modernity creates new forms of enchantment, and democracy is, in fact, part of the political enchantment of modernity.Focusing on Indian democracy, Kaviraj shows the limits of Marxist and liberal political analyses. In its Indian incarnation, he says, liberal ...
This significant collection of original papers by eminent scholars traces the trajectories of state formation in India and Europe, two political entities facing major uncertainties and challenges today. In terms of the number of people affected, the geographical space involved, and the cultural and political diversity, India is more comparable to Europe than to any single country. The contributors highlight the similarities and differences in the patterns of ...
Civil society is one of the most used - and abused - concepts in current political thinking. In this important collection of essays, the concept is subjected to rigorous analysis by an international team of contributors, all of whom seek to encourage the historical and comparative understanding of political thought. The volume is divided into two parts: the first section analyses the meaning of civil society in different theoretical traditions of Western ...