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If the idea of civil society has fallen into disuse, it is not because the twin excesses, of individualism and dirigisme, have abated but because civil society itself has turned out to be a more complicated and ambiguous entity than might be supposed. Indeed, it is sometimes complicit in the problems it purports to solve. Nor can the state be entirely absolved of the need to help solve them, skriver Gertrude Himmelfarb.
Publisert: 17. april 2012
«If the idea of civil society has fallen into disuse in recent years, it is not because the twin excesses, of individualism and dirigisme, have abated—on the contrary, they are more urgent today than ever—but because civil society itself has turned out to be a more complicated and ambiguous entity than might be supposed. Indeed, it is sometimes complicit in the problems it purports to solve. Nor can the state, however egregious today, be entirely absolved of the need to help solve them. In the light of recent experiences, it may be useful to revisit the idea of civil society,» skriver den amerikanske historikeren Gertrude Himmelfarb i The Weekly Standard.
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