Church, State and Civil Society. By David Fergusson. Pp. viii + 213. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. isbn 0 521 82239 4 and 52959 X. Hardback £40/70; paper £16.99/24.99
‘Civil Society’ is a concept of political philosophy which first became prominent in the eighteenth century (though in Hume, for example, it meant a civilized society in contrast with barbarism) but for most of the twentieth century fell virtually into disuse. This may have been at least partly due...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2005
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 822-824 |
| Review of: | Church, state and civil society (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004) (Harvey, A. E.)
Church, state and civil society (Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004) (Harvey, A. E.) |
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| Summary: | ‘Civil Society’ is a concept of political philosophy which first became prominent in the eighteenth century (though in Hume, for example, it meant a civilized society in contrast with barbarism) but for most of the twentieth century fell virtually into disuse. This may have been at least partly due to the ambition of socialist governments (which seemed at the time to be on its way to realization) to take responsibility for all aspects of citizens’ welfare, leaving no space for those voluntary institutions and networks which today constitute what is meant by ‘civil society’. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fli246 |