Genesis and evolution of the concept of civil society (foreign experience)
This article is devoted to the question of the origin and chronological framework of the concept of civil society. It shows how the category of «civil society» arose at a certain stage of human society development in Western civilization. The existence of different positions in the relationship between society and the state is revealed. On the one hand, the state is the sole and complete guarantor of human and social security and, as a consequence, is the bearer of absolute power. In accordance with the second position, the power of the state should be limited and the guarantor of its limitation is civil society.