| Description |
1 online resource (xlix, 598 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; 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. |
| Summary |
Ever since the Renaissance in the thirteenth century, the 'prince' has been the dominant archetype of 'being' and 'becoming'. Power and politics have provided the modern world with determinant frames of self-constitution and social emancipation, along with a singular definition of 'freedom'. In this context, The Modern Prince and the Modern Sage: Transforming Power and Freedom is concerned with rethinking and transforming the concepts of 'power' and 'freedom' in discourse, society and history. This book draws from various sources--traditions of wisdom, creative experiments in socio-political th. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Power (Social sciences)
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Power (Social sciences) |
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Liberty.
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Liberty. |
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Social change.
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Social change. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Giri, Ananta Kumar.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Modern prince and the modern sage. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGA Publications, 2009 9788178298276 (DLC) 2008048174 (OCoLC)273821713 |
| ISBN |
9788132104230 (electronic book) |
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8132104234 (electronic book) |
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9788132108207 (ebook) |
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8132108205 (ebook) |
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9788178298276 (hardback) |
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9780761936619 (hardback) |
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