Democratic culture : historical and philosophical essays / editor, Akeel Bilgrami.

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 cont...

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Other Authors: Bilgrami, Akeel (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Critical interventions in theory and praxis.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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? 
505 8 |a 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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