TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bilgrami, Akeel, ed.
AU  - Akeel Bilgrami 
TI  - Democratic culture: : historical and philosophical essays 
T2  - Critical interventions in theory and praxis
SN  - 9780415589918
U1  - 321.8 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Congresses
KW  - India
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Ideologies
N1  - 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
N2  - 	
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
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