Jurgen Habermas
Democracy and the Public Sphere
by:
Luke Goode
Author:
Luke Goode
Publisher:
Pluto Press
Series:
Modern European Thinkers
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Jurgen Habermas
by
Luke Goode
Habermas is a hugely influential thinker, yet his writing can be dense and inaccessible. This critical introduction offers undergraduates a clear way into Habermas's concept of the 'public sphere' and its relevance to contemporary society. It is of interest to students and scholars in the disciplines of social sciences and humanities.
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Habermas is a hugely influential thinker, yet his writing can be dense and inaccessible. This critical introduction offers undergraduates a clear way into Habermas's concept of the 'public sphere' and its relevance to contemporary society. Luke Goode's lively account also sheds new light on the 'public sphere' debate that will interest readers already familiar with Habermas's work. For Habermas, the 'public sphere' was a social forum that allowed people to debate - whether it was the town hall or the coffee house, maintaining a space for public debate was an essential part of democracy. Habermas's controversial work examines the erosion of these spaces within consumer society and calls for new thinking about democracy today. Drawing on Habermas's early and more recent writings, this book examines the 'public sphere' in its full complexity, outlining its relevance to today's media and culture. It will be of interest to students and scholars in a range of disciplines across the social sciences and humanities.
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Publisher & Imprint:
Pluto Press
City:
London
Pages:
176
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height 220 mm
width 136 mm
weight 254 gr
thickness 13 mm
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Age recommended:
College/higher education
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey: 321.8
Library of Congress Subject: Democracy
Summary
Jurgen Habermas
INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 - EXCAVATIONS: THE HISTORY OF A CONCEPT; i) Introduction; ii) The bourgeois public sphere; iii) The fall of the bourgeois public sphere; iv) Critical publicity and late capitalism; CHAPTER 2 - DISCURSIVE TESTING: THE PUBLIC SPHERE AND ITS CRITICS; i) Introduction; ii) Lessons from history; iii) Equality and emancipation; iv) Rationality and embodiment; CHAPTER 3 - RECONFIGURATIONS: THE PUBLIC SPHERE SINCE; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; i) Introduction; ii) Scientism and politics; iii) System, lifeworld and communicative action; iv) The politics of the other; CHAPTER 4 - MEDIATIONS: FROM THE COFFEE HOUSE TO THE INTERNET CAFE; i) Introduction; ii) The fall of the agora; iii) A public sphere in bits?; CHAPTER 5 - UNFINISHED PROJECTS: REFLEXIVE DEMOCRACY; i) Introduction; ii) Reflexive agency; iii) Risk and reflexivity; iv) Revisiting the public sphere; BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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