Different views on civil society through the ages
- The widely held thought in ancient Greece was that societies could be characterized according to the character of their political constitution and institutions.
- However, English writers like Thomas Hobbes and John Locke contended that society predates the establishment of political authority as an extension of their social contract.
- 18th-century Scottish economist Adam Smith stated that civil society came from developing an independent commercial order.
- G. W. F. Hegel understood civil society as a non-political society with separate roles for civil and political societies and associations.
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