includes index and biblioraphy

Ever since the renaissance in the thirteenth century, the prince has been the dominant archetype of being and becoming. The 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 Modern Sage: Transforming Power and Freedom is concerned with rethiking and transforming the concepts of power and freedom in discourse, soceity and history. This book draws from various sources-traditions of wisdom, creative experiments in socio-political theorizing and spiritual mobilizations-and bring together voices of struggles and movements for creative transformations from around the world. It addresses epochal issues of our times such as responsibility and shared sovereignities and appeals to a wide readership in humanities and social sciences and would be of interest to all seeking souls and movements. It will also be an invaluable reading resource for students and researchers of social and political theory, philosophy, sociology, snthropology, development studies, cultural studies and religious studies.