公民社会结构理论的历史演变

Historical Evolution of Structure Theory Concerning Civil Society

公民社会在古希腊时期就是指人类政治社会,这一观念一直持续到近代,才逐渐形成了公民社会与政治分离的二分结构,典型代表就是黑格尔的观点。到当代,公民社会的结构逐渐又由二分法发展成为三分法,即政治—经济—公民社会,代表人物有葛兰西、哈贝马斯等。回顾公民社会结构的发展演变能够帮助我们弄清公民社会理论中的一些问题。

In ancient Greece, civil society referred to human political society. Such concept has been passed on until modern times when civil society and political exist in dichotomy structure, with Hegelian idea as the typical representative. In contemporary society, the dichotomy structure of civil society has been further divided into tripart： politics-economy-civil society, with Gramsci and Habermas as the representatives. The examination of the evolution of civil society structure can enable us to understand some of the issues concerning civil society theories.