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Record Nr.

UNINA9910493672603321

Titolo

Changing perceptions of the public sphere [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christian J. Emden, David Midgley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012

ISBN

1-282-25428-6

9786613814937

0-85745-501-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EmdenChristian

MidgleyDavid R. <1948->

Disciplina

302.2

Soggetti

Communication - Social aspects - Europe - History

Communication - Political aspects - History

Public opinion - Europe - History

Civil society - Europe - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Publics before the public sphere -- pt. 2. Thinking about Enlightenment publics -- pt. 3. Cultural politics and literary publics.

Sommario/riassunto

Initially propounded by the philosopher Jürgen Habermas in 1962 in order to describe the realm of social discourse between the state on one hand, and the private sphere of the market and the family on the other, the concept of a bourgeois public sphere quickly became a central point of reference in the humanities and social sciences. This volume reassesses the validity and reach of Habermas's concept beyond political theory by exploring concrete literary and cultural manifestations in early modern and modern Europe. The contributors ask whether, and in what forms, a social formation that right