The Theory Of Civil Society And The Construction Of The Chinese Harmonious Society Ruled By Law

From the development history of the western's rule of law,you can see that the whole value standards and the theories principle of the rule of law all grow in civil society.The rea1ization of the ru1e of 1aw has to take civil society as its foundation.However,at the west,the civil society is the result of the natural evolution;At China,it is a new-born thing.Therefore,the civil society would have different meanings in China. The most noisy topic between the scholars is how to build Chinese civil society.The civil society holds the good relation of the state and society as well as the quality of democracy,legal governance and many dimensions provides precondite condition for the establishment of the harmonious society and the the state by law.So,the introduction and study of the theory of the civil society is not only necessary but also beneficial.Civil society is a historical category,there is different meaning and characteristics in different periods.From the developing history of the western civil society,it is most1y following three kinds of theory modes: The first,with Aristot1e and Cicero for representative,the meaning of the civil society is political; The second,with G.W.F.Hegel and Marx for representative,the meaning of the civil society is economic; The third,with Gramscy and Robert D.Putnam for representative,the meaning of the civil society is cultural. In contemporary, civil society being a category corresponds to political state,means mainly the field of non-political life that is independent to political state relatively.Civil society is used to resist the national power and and safeguard people's freedom. Civil society helps itself to reaching benign structural interdynamic relation with the state,they are devoted to accelerating modernization drive together.Once the rudiment of civil society appeared in the modem society in China,but it was strangled in dense surroundings of politic social life. The market economic system really stands,civil society sprout again in China.Any system should be operated in the certain societal environment. The construction of the Chinese civil society shou1dn't escape from the traditional culture either,it ought to adapt to the social system,the history culture etc.Building and constructing of civil society involves each aspect,such as politics, economy, culture and so on, which is a systematical engineering,its development and maturity will experience a very long period.It is very difficult for China to construct the civil society,because of being devoid of historical foundation.We can acquire some universal experience from the history of western civil society and empirical understanding of the local civil society construction from our traditiona1 cultura1.Reflecting the inside formation of modem law-governed state,and the basic conception and characteristics of the socialist harmonious society, we can find there is the multi-aspect and deep-level organic accord. Thereforce,the building of the path of ruling of law to the socialist harmonious society,only founded on the harmonious society,can the state ruled by law really embody the value of ruling of law;at the same time, only building the state ruled by law,can the harmonious society we get. How to make the civil society promote the development of the law-governed state and the harmonious society,the writer applies the theory of law and the method of combining theory and practice to analyze the function and construction of the civil society. The purpose of the study is on the basis of previous studies, lessons in the theory of western civil society, particularly Marxist civil society theory on the premise,can be based on China's traditional and reality,the people of the contemporary chinese social development for further study.And seek with a socialist harmonious society and the rule of law society fit face,the rule of law so as to promote China's social harmony to achieve the ultimate goal.The content of the paper include the following: On the development of civil society; The inherent fit of civil society and the rule of law; The inevitable connection of civil society and harmonious society;The construction of civil society in contemporary China.In short,give full play to the role of civil society in contemporary China is conducive to promote the development of harmonious society and the process of state under the rule of law.