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The Idea of Civil Society

The Idea of Civil Society Trade paperback - 1995

by Seligman, Adam B

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Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1995. Very Good+ condition - Card Covers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 241 pages. Two centuries after its origins in the Enlightenment, the idea of civil society is being revived to provide an answer to the question of how individuals can pursue their own interests while preserving the greater good of society and, similarly, how society can advance the interests of the individuals who comprise it. However, as Seligman shows, the erosion of the very moral beliefs and philosophical assumptions upon which the idea of civil society was founded makes its revival much more difficult than is generally recognised. . 1st thus. Trade Paperback.
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  • Title The Idea of Civil Society
  • Author Seligman, Adam B
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition 1st thus
  • Condition Used -
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
  • Date 1995
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BIB308343
  • ISBN 9780691010816 / 0691010811
  • Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.29 x 6.14 x 0.66 in (23.60 x 15.60 x 1.68 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Civil society
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95008657
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.2

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From the rear cover

"Seligman argues his case in an attractively open manner and with great range, both in terms of ideas and institutions. His is the best book on the subject at the moment: lucid, high-powered, convincing, and approachable."--John A. Hall, McGill University

"A most exciting, original, and well documented presentation of the idea of civil society in the Western--in the broadest sense of the word, including Eastern Europe--historical experience and political tradition."--S. N. Eisenstadt, The Hoover Institute and Hebrew University

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About the author

Adam B. Seligman is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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