Lineages of Political Society
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Lineages of Political Society

Studies in Postcolonial Democracy

Partha Chatterjee

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Lineages of Political Society

Studies in Postcolonial Democracy

Partha Chatterjee

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About This Book

Partha Chatterjee, a pioneering theorist known for his disciplinary range, builds on his theory of "political society" and reinforces its salience to contemporary political debate. Dexterously incorporating the concerns of South Asian studies, postcolonialism, the social sciences, and the humanities, Chatterjee broadly critiques the past three hundred years of western political theory to ask, Can democracy be brought into being, or even fought for, in the image of Western democracy as it exists today?

Using the example of postcolonial societies and their political evolution, particularly communities within India, Chatterjee undermines the certainty of liberal democratic theory in favor of a realist view of its achievements and limitations. Rather than push an alternative theory, Chatterjee works solely within the realm of critique, proving political difference is not always evidence of philosophical and cultural backwardness outside of the West. Resisting all prejudices and preformed judgments, he deploys his trademark, genre-bending, provocative analysis to upend the assumptions of postcolonial studies, comparative history, and the common claims of contemporary politics.

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Year
2011
ISBN
9780231527910
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover 
  2. Half title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents 
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. Preface
  10. 1: Lineages of Political Society
  11. I: GENEALOGIES
  12. II: POPULAR REASON
  13. III: DEMOCRACY
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
Citation styles for Lineages of Political Society

APA 6 Citation

Chatterjee, P. (2011). Lineages of Political Society ([edition missing]). Columbia University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/774913/lineages-of-political-society-pdf (Original work published 2011)

Chicago Citation

Chatterjee, Partha. (2011) 2011. Lineages of Political Society. [Edition missing]. Columbia University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/774913/lineages-of-political-society-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Chatterjee, P. (2011) Lineages of Political Society. [edition missing]. Columbia University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/774913/lineages-of-political-society-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

MLA 7 Citation

Chatterjee, Partha. Lineages of Political Society. [edition missing]. Columbia University Press, 2011. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.