Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea
Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea
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公民社会：一个思想的批判历史
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1999
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John Ehrenberg
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John Ehrenberg
在缺乏高尚的公共目标、令人钦佩的领导者以及引人关注的议题的情况下，许多人警告公民社会正遭受危险的侵蚀。他们说得对吗？他们持续发出的警报根源何在，又意味着什么？在一个社区关系紧张、普遍冷漠以及对政治的蔑视达到前所未有的程度的时期，公共生活如何才能得到丰富？我们应该如何看待公民社会？《公民社会》审视了过去两千五百年间人们对公民社会的理解在历史、政治和理论方面的演变。从亚里士多德和启蒙运动哲学家到科林·鲍威尔的“美国志愿者”组织，埃伦伯格对这一日益重要的理念能为当代政治事务提供什么的可能性及局限性进行了不可或缺的分析。《公民社会》荣获美国政治学会新政治科学核心小组颁发的1999年度最佳图书迈克尔·J·哈林顿奖。
In the absence of noble public goals, admired leaders, and compelling issues, many warn of a dangerous erosion of civil society. Are they right? What are the roots and implications of their insistent alarm? How can public life be enriched in a period marked by fraying communities, widespread apathy, and unprecedented levels of contempt for politics? How should we be thinking about civil society? Civil Society examines the historical, political, and theoretical evolution of how civil society has been understood for the past two and a half millennia. From Aristotle and the Enlightenment philosophers to Colin Powell's Volunteers for America, Ehrenberg provides an indispensable analysis of the possibilities-and limits-of what this increasingly important idea can offer to contemporary political affairs. Civil Society is the winner of the Michael J. Harrington Award from the Caucus for a New Political Science of APSA for the best book published during 1999.