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The modern prince and the modern sage : transforming power and freedom

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Publication details: New Delhi Sage Publications 2009Description: 598p xliISBN:
  • 9786612425646
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.300000 GIR
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Contents;
List of Tables;
List of Figures;
Foreword;
Preface;
Acknowledgements;
Introduction;
Part I: Reconstituting Power and Freedom: Modernity and Beyond;
1 - Modernity and the Reconstitution of the Realm of the Political;
2 - Play of Power and Struggle for Freedom in Renaissance Humanism;
3 - Political Symbolism or How to Stay on the Surface;
4 - Control of Power through Freedom;
5 - Power of Modernity and the Tail of the Devil;
6 - Rethinking Power;
7 - Metamorphoses of Power;
Part II: Beyond the Modern Prince: Varieties of Struggles and New Intimations;
8 - Non-violent Movements and the Transformation of Power;
9 - Origins and Sources of Power;
10 - Social Transformation in Contemporary Korea;
11 - Beyond Powerlessness;
12 - Ecological Ontology and Landscapes of Democratic Struggles in Globalization Politics;
13 - In Search of Structures of Cooperation;
14 - The Walking Rebellion;
15 - A Yearning of the Heart;
Part III: Transforming Power and Freedom: New Horizons;
16 - Power and Wisdom;
17 - Towards a Critical Biography and the Legacy of the Rishis;
18 - Meister Eckhart;
19 - A War against the Turks?
20 - Machiavelli, The Prince and Leadership Responsibility;
21 - Transforming Power and Freedom;
22 - Gandhi and Empowerment;
23 - None is Free until All are Free;
24 - Rethinking Freedom in the Face of Ecological Crises;
25 - Power and Self-cultivation;
26 - Reflections on Human Security;
27 - Towards an Islamic Hermeneutics for Human Rights;
28 - Beyond Power; Afterword;
About the Editor and Contributors;
Index

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