Civil Society -- Old Image, New Perspectives

Author: (British) Keen, translated by Wang Lingyu and Wei Guolin
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Publishing Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The author is a professor of political science at Westminster University in the UK. By envisioning the prospects of "civil society," he attempts to lead readers into a completely new realm of thought. The development of "civil society" will change people's perceptions of things like power, property, violence, politics, propaganda, and democracy, and the entire world will take on a brand new image as a result. This work is unique in theory, rich in imagination, and holds significant reference value for those interested in political science, media studies, sociology, and the development trends of world politics. "Civil society," like "market economy" and "rule of law," has long been regarded in China—as well as in the broader socialist thought and communist movement—as a typical concept of bourgeois liberalism. In the eyes of many, adding the adjective "socialist" before these terms is somewhat like prefixing "wooden" to "iron" or "square" to "round"—merely a contradiction in terms, a logical error.