On the basis of the latest scientific research, the philosophical and legal concept of the
definition of «civil society» is thoroughly analyzed, Modern approaches to understanding the
concept are systematized. There searchis based on the scholarly views of prominent
philosophers, as well as the author’s own approach and conclusions about there search
problem.
The research is based on the scientific views of significant philosophers, as well as the
author’s approach to the research problem. It is substantiated that civil society is a system of
ensuring the vital functions of social, socio-cultural and spiritual spheres, their reproduction
and transmission from generation to generation, the system of independent and independent
state institutions of state institutions and relations, aimed at ensuring the conditions for the
self-realization of private interestsand needs or individual, or collective.
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