DISTINKCIJA GRAĐANSKOG I POLITIČKOG DRUŠTVA U DELU GRAMŠIJA
THE DISTINCTION OF CIVIL

Summary/Abstract: This work considers Gramsci’s understanding of civil and political society. Following Perry Anderson’s critique, an attempt was made to find a distinction between civil and political society which wouldn’t have a form of antinomy that Anderson attributes to it. In this representation, the reader can find arguments for and against Anderson’s claims. This is not the last word on this subject, we rather hope it is a further illumination of the problem and its reactualisation. The concept of hegemony that Gramsci built at the level of civil society and that implies consent also has a place within this consideration, while political society provides domination. In that division of levels, a specific problem is the place of the state which fluctuates between civil and political society. With the concept of ethical state, Gramsci signifies the transition of state from political society and domination to civil society and consent. This problematic is engaged in a totalized manner with the presentation of Gramsci’s insights into the relation of base and superstructure, hegemony, political and civil society, relations of force and state. These concepts can offer a closer insight into Gramsci’s understanding of ideological hegemony only when they are considered in their unity.

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