The argument put forward in this paper is that the role of Civil Society has become extremely significant in International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law due to its contributions in developing and implementing their rules and principles. This development has revolutionized the International System as the ability of individuals to act on issues of concern for humanity is slowly becoming of increasing relevance on global platforms. Therefore, the study of International Relations must extend its purview to examine intersociety interaction rather than just interstate relations.
Another element of the argument is the examination of the role of the ‘Idealist’ in the creation of high ideals and goals regarding international peace, equality and other concepts that are central to the purpose of both Civil Society and International Law. The term ‘imagination’ has been used here to highlight the problematic of ‘Idealism’ and its contradictory and inconsistent results.
In Political thought or theory, as well as in International …show more content…
It is not a body or element of the government or the State in a sense, but something that exists parallel to it. It is a widely used term in Political Science and gained significant relevance in Western Political Thought, with Hobbes, Locke and Hegel’s writings on the role of Civil Society. For Hobbes, since man is motivated by self-interest, the State must be powerful to maintain civil society. Locke too differentiates civil society from political society in his Two Treatises of Government, while being critical of the role of law and freedom. Hegel’s conception gives as a modern liberal understanding of civil society. According to him, Locke counterpoises individual will to universal law and therefore universality enters only as a “negative category”. Hegel counters this with the claim that the universal law represents “reflective” or “self-conscious” will. (Mahajan, 15th May,
Another element of the argument is the examination of the role of the ‘Idealist’ in the creation of high ideals and goals regarding international peace, equality and other concepts that are central to the purpose of both Civil Society and International Law. The term ‘imagination’ has been used here to highlight the problematic of ‘Idealism’ and its contradictory and inconsistent results.
In Political thought or theory, as well as in International …show more content…
It is not a body or element of the government or the State in a sense, but something that exists parallel to it. It is a widely used term in Political Science and gained significant relevance in Western Political Thought, with Hobbes, Locke and Hegel’s writings on the role of Civil Society. For Hobbes, since man is motivated by self-interest, the State must be powerful to maintain civil society. Locke too differentiates civil society from political society in his Two Treatises of Government, while being critical of the role of law and freedom. Hegel’s conception gives as a modern liberal understanding of civil society. According to him, Locke counterpoises individual will to universal law and therefore universality enters only as a “negative category”. Hegel counters this with the claim that the universal law represents “reflective” or “self-conscious” will. (Mahajan, 15th May,