{"product_id":"border-crossings-toward-a-comparative-political-theory-global-encounters-studies-in-comparative-political-theory-9780739100424","title":"Border Crossings Toward a Comparative Political","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComparative political theory is aty best an embryonic and marginalised endeavour. Only rarely are practitioners of political thought willing to transgress the canon in the direction of genuine comparative investigation. This work presents an effort to remedy this situation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDallmayr has done an excellent job of bringing together Western and non-Western scholars who have dared to cross borders and discuss the major questions of political philosophy from a comparative perspective... Dallmayr should be applauded for mapping new terrain and embarking on a most valuable exercise at the start of a new millenium. * Studies In Contemporary Islam *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Introduction: Toward a Comparative Political Theory Chapter 2 Mapping Modernities, \"Islamic\" and \"Western\" Chapter 3 Eastern Veiling, Western Freedom? Chapter 4 Islamic Constitutionalism and the Concept of Democracy Chapter 5 Rewriting Contemporary Muslim Politics: A Twentieth-Century Periodization Chapter 6 Symbolic and Utilitarian Value of a Tradition: Martyrdom in the Iranian Political Culture Chapter 7 Radical Islam and Nonviolence: A Case Study of Religious Empowerment and Constraint Chapter 8 Indian Secularism and Its Critics: Some Reflections Chapter 9 Confucianism and Communitarianism in a Liberal Democratic World Chapter 10 Confucianism with a Liberal Face: Democratic Politics in Postcolonial Taiwan Chapter 11 Beyond \"East and West\": Nishida's Universalism and Postcolonial Critique Chapter 12 Taoist Politics: An Other Way? Chapter 13 Postmodernity, Eurocentrism, and the Future of Political Philosophy","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526858744151,"sku":"9780739100424","price":144.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780739100424.jpg?v=1731865652","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/border-crossings-toward-a-comparative-political-theory-global-encounters-studies-in-comparative-political-theory-9780739100424","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}