Through detailed case studies, the contributors look at conflicts in social science arguing that they must be resolved at the...

This book introduces radically alternative models of civil society that have been developed outside the liberal democratic frame of reference,...

All over the world, democratic reforms have brought power to the people, but under conditions where the people have little...

Kant defined the Enlightenment as humanity's attempt to leave behind its self-imposed immaturity. Social theory is thus charged with enlightening...

Relations between the public and holders of political authority are in a period of transformative flux. On the one side,...

Displaying an impressive command of complex materials, Seyla Benhabib reconstructs the history of theories from a systematic point of view...

In these two important lectures, distinguished political philosopher Seyla Benhabib argues that since the UN Declaration of Human Rights in...

A proposal for negotiating the tension between an anti-authoritarian impulse and a guiding idea of context-transcending validity in critical social...

An innovative conception of democracy for an era of globalization and delegation of authority beyond the rule by peoples across...

Drawing on political, legal, national, post-national, as well as American and European perspectives, this collection of essays offers a diverse...

This book examines the central questions of democracy and politics in modern societies. Through an analysis of some of the...