THE FRAGILITY OF THE CONCEPT OF CIVIL-SOCIETY

Alheit reinterprets the history of the concept of civil society by examining the intersections between various theoretical traditions: for example, the astonishing affinity between Gramsci's idea of ''civil society'' and Habermas' concept of the ''public sphere.'' Such an unexpected connection between unorthodox Marxism and Critical Theory expands the concept of civility as well as both the theories themselves.