著者

岡本 仁宏

出版者

関西学院大学

雑誌

法と政治 (ISSN:02880709)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.48, no.2, pp.423-452, 1997-06

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There are many considerable disagreements about the concept of 'civil society'. Those disagreements represent some basic problems, which we describe in this article. Here we try to theorize relationships between civil society and four basic concepts : market, religion, family and state/politics. Also the traditional Japanese works on civil society are discussed with reference to the recent context of arguments on it. Finally we comment on how civil society arguments will enrich our attempt to grasp theoretically and revitalize liberalism. contents introduction 1. Some points to be considered for defining the concept of civil society 1-1 The relation between market and civil society 1-2 The relation between religion and civil society 1-3 The relation between family and civil society 1-4 The relation between state, politics and civil society 2. The relation with Japanese traditional arguments about civil society 3. The recent context of attentions to the concept of civil society 4. The relation with liberalism conclusion