Comparative political thought: theorizing practices

1. On the historicity of "the political" : rajaniti and politics in modern Indian thought / Sudipta Kaviraj -- 2. Latin American approaches to "the political" / Laurence Whitehead -- 3. Communism, Confucianism, and charisma : the political in modern China / Rana Mitter -- 4. Lineages of political society / Partha Chatterjee -- 5. Acting and acting out : conceptions of political participation in the Middle East / Charles Tripp -- 6. Citizenship after Orientalism : genealogical investigations / Engin F. Isin -- 7. Forms of participation in Muslim political heritage / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- 8. On vernacular cosmopolitanisms, multiple modernities, and the task of comparative political thought / Olivier Remaud -- 9. When is comparative political thought (not) comparative? : dialogues, (dis)continuities, creativity, and radical difference in Heidegger and Nishida / Chris Goto-Jones.

This edited book introduces students and scholars to Comparative Political Thought. Featuring contributions from an excellent international line-up of esteemed scholars it examines some of the following issues:Is political theory 'Western-centric'? What can we learn from non-Western traditions of political thought? How do we compare different strands of national and regional political thought?Political thought in China, India, the Middle East and Latin AmericaIslamic political thoughtPolitical thought in the wake of post-colonialismThis is a much-needed overview of this key emerging area and