In this paperitstry to analyse the concept evolution concerning society. Asfar as during the development of human society, notions about society, social reality, socialrelations were formulated in various ways. În assessing themerits of attempts to provide a more precise definition of society, we can ask whether the definition succeeds in capturing our intuitive understanding of the term, and also whether it succeeds in identifying those features of society which are most fundamental from an explanatory point of view – whether it captures of ‘real essence’ ofsociety.