scholarly journals Individualisering og institutionalisering - om individualiseringens betydning i et moderne demokratisk samfund

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Øjvind Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Philosophy Of Law ◽  
Fundamental Feature ◽  
Self Reflection

Individualisation and institutionalisation: The Significance of Individualisation in a modern democratic society In recent years modern sociology has discussed the increasing individualisation. However there is no consensus about how this individualisation should be understood. In this article, I present the thesis that individualisation is not a new phenomenon, but is rather a fundamental feature of modern society, as Hegel discussed maintained in his Philosophy of Law from 1821. Individualisation, as we witness it today should then be seen as the development of modern society, and it isn’t a problem in itself. But it becomes a problem when it cannot be institutionalised. Put in another manner, the problem arises when institutions are not adapted to individual development. In modern society the state has become plural, it can no longer maintain the sovereignty that it is given in Hegel’s philosophy. Institutions within the state such as the market and civil society can no longer be summarized within one framework. This means that there is no final instance that can secure individual?s continual self-reflection. The question then is if such a modernity can be normatively cohesive if there no longer is a final instance that can judge normative questions. Sociology must point out this question of the connection between individualisation and institutionalisation and the necessity of democratising institutions if modernity is to be a successful project.

scholarly journals Features of Interaction Between the State and Civil Society in the Context of the Philosophy of Law

wisdom ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-119
Author(s):  
Lilit KAZANCHIAN
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Philosophy Of Law ◽  
Common Interests ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
Fundamental Rights And Freedoms ◽  
The Individual

The article explores the notion and peculiarities of concept of “civil society” in the modern, legal state. In the given research the author implements holistic, systematical (methodical) analysis of peculiarities of the relationship between the state and society. Therefore, the theoretical and practical research of problems of development of relation between civil society and the state gives an opportunity to find new solutions in problems of cooperation of individual and common interests. Moreover, study is also focusing on various approaches of well-known jurists on the essence, content and legislative consolidation of the civil society. The author comes to conclusion that in recent decades, the philosophy of law took under its active protection the civil society, where the harmonious combination of rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the person should correspond to public interests. Therefore, the theoretical and practical analysis of interactions between the state and civil society gives an opportunity to find new solutions in problems occurred in modern society. Key words: civil society, democratic legal state, fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, government, citizen, organizations, institutions, political life.

scholarly journals Political pluralism as a factor in the development of modern society and state

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey D. Andreev ◽  
Emma V. Bitsieva ◽  
Olga V. Lepeshkina ◽  
Dmitry M. Polonsky ◽  
Marina S. Savchenko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Party System ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Freedom Of Speech ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Pluralism ◽  
Public Events ◽  
The Right

This paper presents the results of a study devoted to the legal phenomenon of political pluralism as a factor in the development of modern society and the state by the example of classical democratic countries. At the same time, attention is focused on such components of political pluralism as formalization of freedom of speech and assembly; a multi-party system, as well as a mechanism for coordinating the interests of various social groups at the parliamentary level. It was found that the most acceptable is the model operating in the FRG, since it allows people to find a balance between guarantees of political diversity, such as freedom of speech and the right to public events. The interaction between civil society institutions and parliamentarians is especially advisable when making decisions in the domestic and foreign policy of the state.

Discussion

1918 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-214
Author(s):  
Robert T. Crane
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Political Authority ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Philosophy Of Law ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Politics And Law ◽  
The Relationship

In his admirable analysis of the juristic theory of the state, Dr. Willoughby has said that “analytical political philosophy” views the state “simply as an instrumentality for the creation and enforcement of law.” The point of view from which this philosophy proceeds is thus fixed. It is professedly the legal point of view.It is, however, precisely by peculiar and distinctive points of view from which phenomena are observed, that sciences or philosophies are differentiated one from another. Two philosophies cannot occupy the same standpoint. If there is to be discussion of a philosophy of politics which asserts its viewpoint to be that of a philosophy of law, then it is necessary to define very clearly the relationship between politics and law.As these concepts have been defined by the analytical school, it is obvious that they are intimately connected. By the opponents of this school it may be objected that, when correctly conceived, politics and law are perfectly distinct. It may perhaps be held that what is known as law in modern society is not essentially political at all; but that it has merely happened as an accident of modern political development that a part of the law has received the additional and nonessential sanction of political authority.

Political Society, Civil Society, and the State in India

Asian Survey ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 348-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Society

Abstract This article is an ethnography portraying the processual and performative dimensions of the 2009 state assembly election in Andhra Pradesh. It shows how upper castes have persisted in power in a multicaste and increasingly democratic society through the distribution of welfare and patronage benefits to more marginalized segments of society. Conceptually, it argues for the importance of “political society” over “civil society,” when examining state-society relations in neoliberal, democratic India.

scholarly journals INDIKATOR TERCIPTANYA MASYARAKAT MADANI PERSPEKTIF AL-QUR’AN

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-187
Author(s):  
Ahmad Mustaniruddin ◽  
Hery Afriyadi ◽  
Jamilah Abu Bakar
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Civilized Society

Creating an ideal life for society is not solely the responsibility of society itself, but it requires collaboration between society and the state in creating a peaceful, prosperous, open, advanced, and modern society or better known as civil society. The role of the Koran as a guideline for human life should also talk about this. Therefore, it is necessary to reveal the indicators of civil society in the Koran so that the idealized term of civil society can be realized. By using the content analysis method, this article describes and reveals what indicators must be met to realize civil society in Indonesia as contained in the al-Qur'an. This article finds that in order to realize what is called civil society in Indonesia, the state needs to carry out its obligations and fulfill the rights of its people as well as uphold the principles of faith, humanity, unity, deliberation, and justice, and the society becomes a civilized society, upholds it. Human values, as well as divine values, highlight the material dimension as well as the spiritual dimension built on the pillars of religion and advance in the mastery of science and technology.   Menciptakan kehidupan yang ideal bagi masyarakat bukan semata tanggung jawab masyarakat itu sendiri, namun diperlukan kolaborasi antara masyarakat dan negara dalam menciptakan masyarakat yang damai, sejahtera, terbuka, maju, dan modern atau yang lebih dikenal sebagai masyarakat madani. Peranan al-Qur‘an sebagai pedoman hidup manusia semestinya juga membicarakan tentang hal tersebut. Oleh karenanya, perlu mengungkap indikator masyarakat madani dalam alQur‘an agar term masyarakat madani yang diidam-idamkan dapat terwujud. Dengan menggunakan metode analisis isi, artikel ini menjelaskan dan mengungkap apa saja indikator yang wajib dipenuhi untuk mewujudkan masyarakat madani di Indonesia yang terdapat dalam al-Qur‘an. Artikel ini menemukan bahwa untuk mewujudkan apa yang disebut dengan masyarakat madani di Indonesia, negara perlu menjalankan kewajibannya dan menunaikan hak-hak rakyatnya serta menjunjung tinggi prinsip-prinsip keimanan, kemanusiaan, persatuan, permusyawaratan dan keadilan, dan masyarakatnya menjadi masyarakat yang beradab, menjunjung tinggi nilai-nilai kemanusiaan sekaligus nilainilai ketuhanan, menonjolkan dimensi material sekaligus dimensi spiritual yang dibangun di atas pilar agama serta maju dalam penguasaan ilmu pengetahuan, dan teknologi.

scholarly journals BARRICADED IN THE SUBURBS: Private security via road closures

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyane Tshehla
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Private Security ◽  
The State ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Role Of The State

One of the international debates that occupy academics, policy makers and civil society at large is, undoubtedly, the pluralisation and/or privatisation of security and policing. At the centre of this debate is the inability of states to serve the security needs of their citizens. Perhaps it is just a realisation that, despite perceptions to the contrary, the state has historically never been able to provide adequate security, and that the current inability is by no means unique to modern society. Whatever the reason, the fact remains that the state has become just one of the providers of safety and security – with private security (in its various incarnations) – increasingly assuming more of a role in the provision of security than the state. The role of the state is being toned down from that of the primary provider of safety and security, as anticipated, to that of a ‘regulatory’ organ. The role of the state has been observed as that of steering the boat rather than rowing it.

scholarly journals Judicial Practice of Protecting Human Rights: Problems of the Rule of Law in a Postmodern Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-114
Author(s):  
Nadiia Bortnyk ◽  
Iryna Zharovska ◽  
Tetiana Panfilova ◽  
Ivanna Lisna ◽  
Oksana Valetska
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Transitional Period ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Transitional State ◽  
Legal Standards

Human rights issues are present today in almost every area of society and, accordingly, occupy a special place in it. Due to the fact that modern Ukraine is in a transitional state of creating legal, state and public institutions, the process of formation of civil society requires the identification of the nature of legal relations in a transitional period. After all, relations in civil society should be formed on the basis of awareness of the inalienability and non-repudiation of natural human rights. They should be based on the positive legislation of the state. They are the key to the effectiveness of the entire system of social relations. Ensuring human rights is the criterion by which the achieved level of democracy in the state is assessed. The beginning of this process can be called consolidation in the Basic Law of the provision that a person, his life and health, honor and dignity, integrity and security are recognized as the highest social value, and determining the priority of universal values. At the same time, the needs of the present, in fact, directs the development of modern law, is the development of certain general legal standards that allow us to move on to a new qualitative coexistence of nations in the modern world on substantial humanistic principles. In addition to examining the established mechanisms and specifics of protecting everyday human rights, the article examined the new human rights that exist in post-modern society, which today are called the rights of the “fourth generation”.

scholarly journals ИРГЭНИЙ НИЙГЭМ ҮНДЭСНИЙ АЮУЛГҮЙ БАЙДЛЫГ ХАНГАХ СУБЬЕКТ МӨН: ОХУ, АНУ-ЫН ТУРШЛАГА

2016 ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Б Нэргүй
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Reform ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Security Studies ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Security Sector

Abstract: A civil society in the security sector is main element of social reform. One of the important issues of the civil society in the security sector in the democratic society is to be increased the participation of “civil society” in the development and implementation process of the national security and defense policy.Civil society is composed of the totality of many voluntary social relationships, civic and social organizations, and institutions that form of the basis of functional society, as distinct from the force-backed structures of the state. The civil society would not be opposed to the state. The activities and operations of the civil society might be possible to implement in the situations of the democratic society relations, in regarding too basis of the strengthened basement of the civil society establishment. Accordingly, that civil society is possible to develop elsewhere, that would be established strengthening possibility. Otherwise a civil society was developed elusively, when that is placed by the concurrence authoritarian and totalitarian condition. Civil society activities as subject provides different impact on ensure safety academic papers are a new area of security studies. Civil society’s participation in the security sector’s learning from the experience of the United States and Russia.

THE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE FORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN CULTURE IN CIVIL SOCIETY FOR RAISING THE SOCIAL ROLE OF SPECIAL SERVICES

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 2115-2118
Author(s):  
Stanislava Dimitrova Milachkova
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Special Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic

Educational institutions play a key role in shaping a modern civil culture in society around the world, because without adequate civil education it is inconceivable to implement quality civilian control over special services. Civil education is a necessary process of learning practical knowledge and skills and shaping competencies for personal development and improvement, for structuring a democratic society, for laws, rights and responsibilities that provide opportunities for real participation in public life. Training for human rights and civil liability and duty, the position of a pupil-citizen, by adopting the principles and values that serve as the foundation and organization of democracy and the republic, the knowledge of the institutions and the laws by developing the rules in the social and political life, exercise and ability to properly justify. So they would find meaning in the individual and the collective responsibilities in their active citizenship. Civil education contributes to the development of a critical spirit, but through the exercise of arguments for reasoning and more accurate decision-making, reasoning and judgment. Through educational institutions, young citizens are prepared to conduct dialogue, debate, resolve conflicts, and embrace forms of civil communication and interaction with special services. This is a basic approach to the basic concepts - man and citizen. Within even the small city, through the education of democratic citizenship, new moral values are being built and active participation in the civil processes of the small community is taking place. The duty of adolescents to become aware of citizens' rights and obligations, norms of conduct and values in a democratic society, as well as the promotion of the role of special services in the Republic of Bulgaria, will prepare them for training and stability as active citizens of the world. Civil education forms a citizen. Civil society, as a public way of life, can function properly only on the basis of an adequate knowledge of the laws of the Republic of Bulgaria and the moral-legal will applying this knowledge in real life. Civil society is the sphere of social activity that focuses on the degree of socio-economic development of society and directly determines the state. The typing of the state has its objective basis in the typography of civil society. Each civil society is a system of human needs and means to meet them, labor, socio-economic, legal and other subject-practical and conscious-volitional relations, as well as a system of human rights organizations and various social institutions. The duty of the national education system to civil society is to build the citizen - the bearer of national self-awareness, civil culture, moral and moral-legal will. Only such a citizen will, in the course of his life, reproduce civil society in accordance with the national idea.

scholarly journals Features of Internet Dialogue at the Modern Stage

2021 ◽  
pp. 111-118
Author(s):  
Z.Kh. Kobleva ◽  
I.A. Karataban
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Technologies ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Important Principle

The article analyzes modern Internet technologies that have a significant impact on the process of relations between the civil society and the state, considers the possibilities of building a dialogue between government bodies with representatives of various social groups, using modern Internet technologies. Special attention is paid to the Internet communications system, as an important principle in the implementation of the policy of openness and accessibility in the activities of public authorities, the priority of which is noted in the relevant regulatory legal acts. The article reveals the mechanism of communication of citizens with state authorities and local self-government through the system of state portals. In this regard, it is necessary to highlight an important feature of the Internet dialogue at the present time: it is close interaction between the subjects of communication, which is increasing due to the modern technical characteristics of the Internet. The relevance of the article is due to the emergence of a serious scientific interest in new forms of Internet communication. The purpose of the article is to study and consider the features of the modern Internet dialogue between the subjects of communication, which is increasing due to the modern technical characteristics of the Internet. In accordance with a specific goal, the following tasks have been set and solved: - to study the concept, forms and organization of communication via the Internet; - to find out the advantages and disadvantages of virtual communication; - to consider the features of the Internet dialogue on the Internet. The practical significance of the article lies in the use of provisions and conclusions in the process of communication between the state and civil society. The methodological basis of the article includes a systematic approach, and methods of comparison and observation. Thus, an information-rich environment can act as an effective platform for the interaction of various people and social groups, representing one of the universal means of communication and information transfer. With the growth of modern computer technologies, the forms and methods of Internet communications are constantly changing and improving. It should be noted that the Internet space is a part of modern society, in which each person has the opportunity for self-realization, which, in turn, arouses great interest from scientists in this topic.

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