Habermas and the Public Sphere

Name: Habermas and the Public Sphere
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ISBN: 9780262531146

ISBN-10: 0262531143

ISBN-13: 9780262531146

Edition: 1993

Authors: Craig Calhoun, Thomas Mccarthy

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The relationship between civil society and public life has become a major topic of discussion in many disciplines, and no single scholarly voice informs this discussion more than that of Jiuml;iquest;frac12;rgen Habermas. His contributions have shaped the nature of debates over critical theory, feminism, cultural studies, and democratic politics. In this book, scholars from a wide range of disciplines respond to Habermas's most directly relevant work, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Ranging from political theory to cultural criticism, from ethics to gender studies, from history to media studies, these essays challenge, refine, and extend our understanding of the social…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/2/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 510
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.94" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: Habermas and the Public Sphere




Philosophical Models



Practical Discourse: On the Relation of Morality to Politics




Models of Public Space: Hannah Arendt, the Liberal Tradition, and Jurgen Habermas




The Public Sphere: Models and Boundaries




Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to Critique of Actually Existing Democracy




Was There Ever a Public Sphere? If So, When? Reflections on the American Case




Political Theory and Historical Analysis




Historical Publics



Defining the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century France: Variations on a Theme by Habermas




Religion, Science, and Printing in the Public Spheres in Seventeenth-Century England




Habermas, History, and Critical Theory




Gender and Public Access: Women's Politics in Nineteenth-Century America




Nations, Publics, and Political Cultures: Placing Habermas in the Nineteenth Century




The Pragmatic Ends of Popular Politics




Public Communication



The Media and the Public Sphere




The Mass Public and the Mass Subject




Textuality, Mediation, and Public Discourse




Conclusion and Response



Further Reflections on the Public Sphere




Concluding Remarks


Contributors


Index