{"product_id":"9781581124002","title":"Civil Society And Lebanon","description":"his study pursues a hermeneutic and dialogic conception of the public sphere. Through a critical assessment of the  development of the closely related ideas of civil society and a democratic public sphere, this essay attempts to demonstrate  that theorists must move beyond any traditional notion of civil society when conceptualizing the public sphere in comparative  studies. Instead, the comparative theorist must pursue a critical cultural hermeneutic that makes room for the recognition  of: 1)  the incorporation of such ideas as civil society or democracy by other polities and their appropriation and  transformation by those peoples;  and 2) the unique social structures, political action and modes of rationality and  discourse such as asabiya that emerge from specific historical, cultural and spatial locations.  Specifically, this study  explores Ibn Khaldoun’s notion of Asabiya and its impact on the constitution of civil society and the public sphere in  Lebanon, paying particular attention to the notions of power and authority within the context of this indigenous concept in  particular, and Lebanese (and Arab) culture in general.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael D. Dawahare (Ph.D., University of Kentucky) teaches political science at Georgetown College where he also  serves as Director of the Office of College Communications.  A former journalist, Dr. Dawahare lived and worked in Beirut  during the civil war as a correspondent for RKO Radio Networks and as a staff reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe Beirut Daily Star\u003c\/i\u003e.  Prior to  his tenure in Lebanon, Dr. Dawahare was an NBC News correspondent in Latin America and served as an editor on the radio desk  in New York.    ","brand":"Universal-Publishers.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060571390192,"sku":"9781581124002","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781581124002_p0.jpg?v=1763802469","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781581124002","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}