Democratic Culture: Historical and Philosophical Essays

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Publisher: Routledge India
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 247
Series: Critical interventions in theory and praxis 1
Category: Library

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✦ Table of 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

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