The Multiverse of Democracy
Essays in Honour of Rajni Kothari
1st Edition
Published on 29. April 1996
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-8039-9288-7 (ISBN)
Description
The essays in this volume focus on the diversity, richness and internal contradictions of democracy in the late twentieth century with reference to India. Part One explores the relationship between the state, violence and the politics of development. Part Two examines the implications of culture, knowledge and democratic practice on the evolution of democratic politics both in the West and in the developing world.
Reviews / Votes
`An excellent collection of essays on the problematic of democracy in contemporary political discourse both in India and in the global context' - Contemporary South AsiaMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-9288-7 (9780803992887)
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Content
Introduction - D L Sheth and Ashis Nandy
PART ONE: GLOBALIZED DEMOCRACY: STATE, VIOLENCE AND THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT
The Nature of the Modern State - Bhikhu Parekh
The Frankenstein State and Uneven Sovereignty - Ali A Mazrui
Democracy in the Third World - Samir Amin
Democracy and Development - Johan Galtung
The Gulf War and the Death of Democracy - Richard Falk
`The Last Hurrah' - Immanuel Wallerstein
Democracy and the Wages of War
PART TWO: THE POETICS OF DEMOCRACY: CULTURE, KNOWLEDGE AND DEMOCRACTIC PRACTICE
On The Spatio-Temporal Conditions of Democratic Practice - R B J Walker
The French Revolution Cannot Take Place for Women - Maria Mies
Post-Modernism and Democracy - Fred Dallmayr
Comments on Voegelin and Lefort
From Beyond the Ganges - W H Morris-Jones
A Letter from Jawaharlal Nehru
Post-Relativism in Emancipatory Thought - Thomas Pantham
Gandhi's Swaraj and Satyagraha
Political Regeneration in India - James Manor
Anthropology as Critical Self-Awareness - T N Madan
The Artificialistic Fallacy - Edward Goldsmith
PART ONE: GLOBALIZED DEMOCRACY: STATE, VIOLENCE AND THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT
The Nature of the Modern State - Bhikhu Parekh
The Frankenstein State and Uneven Sovereignty - Ali A Mazrui
Democracy in the Third World - Samir Amin
Democracy and Development - Johan Galtung
The Gulf War and the Death of Democracy - Richard Falk
`The Last Hurrah' - Immanuel Wallerstein
Democracy and the Wages of War
PART TWO: THE POETICS OF DEMOCRACY: CULTURE, KNOWLEDGE AND DEMOCRACTIC PRACTICE
On The Spatio-Temporal Conditions of Democratic Practice - R B J Walker
The French Revolution Cannot Take Place for Women - Maria Mies
Post-Modernism and Democracy - Fred Dallmayr
Comments on Voegelin and Lefort
From Beyond the Ganges - W H Morris-Jones
A Letter from Jawaharlal Nehru
Post-Relativism in Emancipatory Thought - Thomas Pantham
Gandhi's Swaraj and Satyagraha
Political Regeneration in India - James Manor
Anthropology as Critical Self-Awareness - T N Madan
The Artificialistic Fallacy - Edward Goldsmith