Lineages of Political Society: Studies in Postcolonial Democracy

by Partha Chatterjee

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231158130
• ISBN13: 9780231158138
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher