مفهوم المجتمع المدني عند ميشيل فوكو : بين تقنيات الحكم و إمكان المقاومة

Abstract EN

Civil society/State-relationship is ambiguous, often seen as representing the counterpart or positive antithesis to state power, dominance and oppression.

This is apparent in the political theories of liberalism in both its classic and modern forms, since liberal discourses assume that civil society has an existence that transcends historical conflicts.

However, the actual practices of power are not only played out in the context of the state and the official political institutions, civil society too is an excellent arena for the exercise of power.

This study examines the problematic civil society issues by means of the genealogies of its concept as considered by French philosopher, Michel Foucault in his lectures at the Collège de France.