Critical Theory and Political Modernity

• Main Author: Domingues, José Maurício (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Sociology.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Political sociology.; Political theory.; Sociological Theory.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Political Sociology.; Political Theory.

"This book represents a significant and original contribution to the field. It displays an enormous depth of knowledge in its distinctive account of political modernity-its problems and potentials. It is one of the more stereoscopic works recently produced in the broad field of critical theory....

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I
• Chapter 1: The Dual Individual and Its Rights
• Chapter 2: The State as Abstraction
• Chapter 3: From Abstract to Concrete
• Part II
• Chapter 4: The Political System
• Chapter 5: State Power, Autonomy, and Developmental Trends
• Chapter 6: The Developmental Dynamics of Citizenship and Autonomy
• Chapter 7: Global Ramifications: Sovereignty and Autonomy
• Part III
• Chapter 8: Regimes. - Chapter 9: Radical Democracy.