Public Sphere or Civil Society in China--- The Third Realm between State and Society.pdfVIP

Public Sphere/Civil Society in China?: The Third Realm between State and Society Author(s): Philip C. C. Huang Source: Modern China, Vol. 19, No. 2, Symposium: Public Sphere/Civil Society in China? Paradigmatic Issues in Chinese Studies, III (Apr., 1993), pp. 216-240 Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. Stable URL: /stable/189381 . Accessed: 22/09/2011 15:12 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. Sage Publications, Inc. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Modern China. PublicSphere/CivilSocietyin China? The Third Realm between State and Society C.C.HUANG PHILIP Universityof California,LosAngeles The concepts of bourgeoispublic sphereand civil society as they havebeen appliedto Chinapresupposea dichotomousopposition between state and If we adhereto such a we society. presupposition, runthe riskof the debate littlemorethanan reducing hereto argument overwhose influencewas in under greater the phenomena discussion, societys or the states. I suggest here thatHabermashimself in fact proposeda moresophisticatedalternativeconstructthatcan be devel- oped into a resolutionof the issues at hand. The binaryopposition between state and society, I a