Critical Theory and Political Modernity

José Maurício Domingues is Professor of Sociology in the Institute of Social and Political Studies at Rio de Janiero State University, Brazil. He is the recipient of the Anneliese Maier Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, for 2018-2023 and is the author of, among other texts, Emancipation and History: The Return of Social Theory (2018), Global Modernity, Development, and Contemporary Civilization: Towards a Renewal of Critical Theory (2012), and Latin American and Contemporary Modernity: A Sociological Interpretation (2008).

Introduction.- Part I.- Chapter 1: The Dual Individual and Its Rights.- Chapter 2: The State as Abstraction.- Chapter 3: From Abstract to Concrete.- Part II.- Chapter 4: The Political System.- Chapter 5: State Power, Autonomy, and Developmental Trends.- Chapter 6: The Developmental Dynamics of Citizenship and Autonomy.- Chapter 7: Global Ramifications: Sovereignty and Autonomy.- Part III.- Chapter 8: Regimes. - Chapter 9: Radical Democracy.