Democratic culture:
Bilgrami, Akeel, ed.
Democratic culture: historical and philosophical essays / edited by Akeel Bilgrami - New Delhi: Routledge, 2011. - ix,: 235 p. - Critical interventions in theory and praxis. .
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.
9780415589918
Democracy --Congresses--India
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Ideologies--Democracy
321.8 / DEM
Democratic culture: historical and philosophical essays / edited by Akeel Bilgrami - New Delhi: Routledge, 2011. - ix,: 235 p. - Critical interventions in theory and praxis. .
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.
9780415589918
Democracy --Congresses--India
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Ideologies--Democracy
321.8 / DEM